Author: Annie

This jacket was inspired by the stylish version of Sophie at Cirque Du Bebe’s bomber jacket. After seeing Sophie’s gorgeous version of the bomber I thought I’d better sew myself one.         The fabric is from the Fabric Store in Fitzroy. I don’t shop there often because it’s on the other side […]

Finally I am back to my sewing after a long hiatus. After the enormous amount of sewing I did for the School fete I needed a break. I had developed a really bad back from sitting at the sewing machine for hours on end and basically couldn’t even look at my sewing machine without my […]

Our School St Kilda Primary held its Fete on Sunday and what an amazing day it was. We have a number of celebrity parents and some very dedicated parents which make it one of the best fetes around. There was Rockwiz for kids hosted by Brian Nankervis. A comedy room with acts from Rhys Muldoon, […]

This is the final week for the sew along at Project Sewn. The challenge this week is to create your “signature style”. I have been just far too busy this week to create something new as our School Fete is on this Sunday and I am heading up the Craft Mama’s so every waking hour […]

It’s week number three in Project Sewn’s sew along competition. This week the theme is “graphic print challenge”. Before I go on you can vote here from Friday October 18th until Sunday October 21st (give or take depending on which country you live in). I had plenty of graphic prints in my stash because I […]

My Son’s School, St Kilda Primary is having it’s fete on October 27th this year. I put my hand up to organise the sewing bees for Craft Mama’s which is a group of mum’s who sew and knit for the fete. I have had two sewing bees so far and having a third this week. […]

Project Sewn is a 4 week sewing competition comprising six designer/sewists who are all given a theme each week to base their looks on.  They are then scored by their fellow competitors and are opened to an online popular vote.  At the end of the voting period the votes are tallied and based on this combined […]

It’s only been the last few years where Halloween has really taken off in Australia. We never used to celebrate it as children back in the “Old Days”. My kids were keen last year after our neighbours dropped an orange balloon and a note in our box asking if we were interested in participating to […]

As you can see from this post I am not in the midst of a cold Melbourne winter, I am in fact in balmy Bali on a family holiday. My sister had a significant birthday (fifty, ouch) and invited family and friends to join her in Bali. Of course we jumped at the chance to […]