you could say that i’ve been sewing quite a lot of tops of late (most of them can be seen on the instagram feed, and yes, uploading more detailed photos on the blog is very much a to do). and while all of them are well designed, a joy to sew and lovely . . . none of them were exactly my style, which my husband has worked out to be “flowy top and jeans.” somewhere in the middle of all this top making, i…
row 2 i’ve been a terrible knitter of late — mostly due to having developed a bad case of bursitis (ouch!) a few months back. after laying off the needles for almost a good nine months, my wrists have finally healed. . . which means i can finally take-on julie hoover’s daphne. here we go! row 55 i decided to knit dafne using lustrous linen in capri with two strands held together. it’s steamy hot in nyc and i’m looking forward to the crispness of…
every so often the Kid makes it known what fabrics he thinks we should be stocking . . . and he happens to be a huge fan of flamingos! so when he came across this lovely hokkoh heavy weight gauze featuring a flamingo print, he demanded that we carry it! oddly enough, flamingo themed apparel for preschool sized boys is near impossible to find. i’ve searched with very little success. it seems that preschool girls have the monopoly on the motif. when meredith very generously…
after a short hiatus, we’re back to bloggin’! [if you must know what happened . . . first, we discovered instagram, then it became time to get our books over to our accountants, and then . . . well you get the turn of events . . . onto more interesting endeavours!] sometime back in december, we came across delphine et morissette’s charming patterns. delphine has a simple but whimsical style — filled with these delightful little details that make stitching her patterns so much…
i had been extolling the virtues of double gauze to my friend A for a while now. she doesn’t sew, but she’s my partner in crime in digging out cute clothes for kids and hunting down the latest and greatest exquisite pastry shop to open in nyc. she’s also the proud mother of two adorable fraternal twins! once after i put together the charlie tunic for the kid, i decided to make two more versions for A’s twins out of nani iro’s 2015 mountain view…
made by rae‘s ever versatile charlie tunic sew in IHME Chamber double gauze and worn by the kid. to put it mildly, i’ve been obsessed with this particular IHME Chamber’s print since i first laid eyes on it a few months back. if you look really really closely, you can spot all these mischievous mystical woodland creatures that seem to resonate so well with the mischievous personality of the kid (don’t let those plump rosy cheeks and tiny hands fool ya. . . he’s MISCHIEF…
j.crew’s liberty shirts. a few years back, you could say that it was a sort of uniform of mine. the trouble is that while i had a closet full of said shirts, i could never quite find one that fit me properly. it was either too big in some parts or too tight in others. i probably should have purchased 3 shirts in the same pattern and frankenstein-ed them together. enter liesl+co’s gallery tunic . . . a wonderful and easily customizable pattern for realising…
i’ve been happily stitching our way through liberty’s AW15 collection. this is liesl+co’s cinema dress . . . made for a dear friend of mine who is a huge fan of all things chinoiserie! this particular print is called peony pavilion, designed by fashion designer anna sui for liberty! (and oh yes . . . i should have pressed those seams before taking the photos!) mid-length and flowy featuring delicate buttons up the back and ever so handy pockets in the front too! i made…
it’s been four years since our last trip to Rhinebeck! we finally made it there after our 2 hour drive from nyc became a 4 hour drive (we hit some bad traffic — total standstill! and then the kid got car sick . . . ) we finally made it though and what a glorious event it was! blue skies! filled with people, delicious, food, fiber a plenty . . . and of course… this pretty amazing tree! Rhinebeck is absolutely a kid friendly place! …
we just got in a fabulous selection of tana lawn classics updated for the 2016 season! some re-colourization of perennial favorites like thorpe a, poppy & daisy a, poppy & daisy b and margaret annie e . . . and then some new introductions . . . meet michelle (which we ♥♥♥!), sarah, ffion, rachel, gracey and josue. finally . . . queue for the zoo is back by popular and has become sort of a quasi classic! (please note that not all of these…