Yao all come back now!
How many of you would love a holiday where all you do is sew and catch up on DIY projects? Sounds like my idea of heaven – as long as there were a… Continue reading
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Little China girl
We all know that time flies, but this was made particularly obvious to me when I completed a DIY project and went looking for the “before” picture. “Surely I only thought up this project a… Continue reading
It’s a shawl thing
Some of my readers (and friends!) have been asking what I was actually doing in Laos (when I wasn’t sitting around in cafes nibbling on desserts or getting drenched due to the Lao… Continue reading
Shiny shades – a DIY fail?
Have you ever stuffed up a DIY project? Over my years of sewing, there have been quite a few pieces that haven’t turned out exactly as I’d planned, but they’re usually rescue-able. When… Continue reading
Making blogging history at Fashionopolis 2012
“Woohoo! We made history this weekend!” How? (Or, if you read Jenny Bannister’s DIY necklace, you might be asking “why?”) Well, Nuffnang, the ever-entrepreneurial Lady Melbourne and some other talented people got together… Continue reading
Bangles, not bombs
To my regular readers who are wondering what has happened to my posts involving recycling and making stuff out of crap, today’s post is still about my trip to Laos – but just happens to be about… Continue reading
A Titanic Fashion Event
One of the perks of working in media is the free tickets to events. This weekend I had a double pass to the Melbourne Antiques Show, so dropped in with a friend. There… Continue reading
On the road in Laos #3 – Akha villages
There are so many different peoples living in Laos that it would be impossible for me to try to remember the characteristics of each group, but the Akha people make themselves memorable by… Continue reading
The Wardrobe Weekender workshops
Although my mind is still in Laos, and there are at least one or two more road trip posts to come, I just wanted to let Melburnians know that I’ll be running a… Continue reading
On the road in Laos #2
Starting on this post today I realised it’s nearly a month ago since I actually visited this Kamu village! Oops! It’s just one of many which used to grow opium as its main… Continue reading