Last Friday I was fortunate to go fabric shopping in Chiang Mai with the lovely Lara from Thornberry. You can read about it on her blog too if you want more details about Chiang Mai and the shopping experience. Plus of course Lara was in tourist mode so not only did she bring a camera […]
Since it is technically ‘winter’ here… oh come on it was like 20 degrees (celcius) last night… that’s cold, isn’t it? Alright, since it is ‘cool’ season here, it is time to tackle pants! This is what I’m planning (Sorry for the crappy picture but batteries are almost done…..) I bought this fabulous cotton/spandex at […]
So on Friday I was in Chiang Mai to visit some friends and just had to sneak in little fabric shopping. And I found a new shop which has great printed northern Thai cottons. I’m going to be going back there for sure. The first is a great geometric print And the second has stripes […]
Apparently I missed the party the first time round (I wasn’t sewing then) but better late then never… I am making Vogue 8805 and I’m making it in this (these)… The contrasting solids are just cheap ($2.50/m) cotton from my local fabric shop. The main fabric is locally made Thai cotton which is actually a […]
Well as you may know from an earlier post, things did not go according to plan. Do they ever? However, I do have a completed garment (and still have hopes for another before the month is out). So here it is.. What should have been a quick, simple make turned much more complicated due to […]