Anna Maria Study Hall Skirt

I finally found a worthy use for some rather lovely pieces of Tilda fabric I picked up in Finland: I didn't have much of each individual design, but they made for sweet pleat inlays for my brand-spanking new Anna Maria Study Hall Skirt. The main fabric is Sevenberry, from the always-lovely Materialise in Nedlands.

The pattern was pleasantly simple: I'm no sewing prodigy and found it all very straight forward. In fact, it is entirely possible that I'll only be wearing Study Hall Skirts for a while.

Secret Monkey Sheriff

Giving the Ooshka pattern another whirl... I think the fabrics match up better in this one, and I'm pleased I got to put scraps of two of my favourite fabric designs to appropriate use. 

Upmarket Dollface

I went to the Perth Upmarket yesterday. It's held at Winthrop and Hackett Halls at the University of Western Australia, and is packed with local handicrafters. Nothing there is cheap, but everything is gorgeous.

It's Numberwang!

Here's a softie I made a while back for the wee little one from the 'cosmonaut devil' pattern in this book.

Guess who went to the Craft Fair?

When I first went to the Perth Craft and Quilt Fair a few years ago I was relieved I was only interested in paper craft and beadwork at the time. I thought there were so many lovely things for knitters and sewers (an unfortunate word if there ever was one) you could spend a small fortune on pretty things. Then I took up knitting again, but at least I didn't sew. Now (sigh) I do.