Closet Case Bombshell Bikini

Well, only bikini bottoms, but  as it turns out it's possible to buy a perfectly adequate bikini top, thus saving myself from trying to make one a week before going on holiday.  So I did. But the bottom half is all mine!  These are View C of Closet Case Patterns Bombshell swimsuit; high-waisted ruched bikini…

Closet Case Patterns Bombshell Swimsuit

I made a swimsuit!!  Not like I bought the pattern 2 years ago or anything.  I was a bit daunted by the whole swim-fabric, swim-elastic, out-of-familiar-territory thing, but I'm here to say if you're thinking the same thing, it's really not that hard!  This is obviously the Closet Case Patterns Bombshell Swimsuit, and it's honestly…

Completed: Carolyn Pajamas II

Sometimes time runs away with one a bit...  I've been so busy recently that I haven't found time to check in here, so apologies for that!  Also, I seem to have about 10 half-finished projects, 3 half-painted rooms and a huge pile of ironing, so it would have been tough to find anything to report…

… good times never seemed so good…

Yeah, alright, you can take a thing too far, eh?  Just couldn't resist.  But LOOK I FINISHED MY PYJAMAS!!!  Can you tell how happy that makes me?  I love these - apart from being gorgeous to sew and wear in themselves, they are a welcome success after a string of failures and unwearables that were…

Sweeeet Carolyn…

...hmm hmm hmm...  Well only half a Carolyn, actually.  Still, they're an ace half, so I'm sharing anyway, as I'm not going to get the top finished today.  You can show up to a pyjama party half-dressed, right?  One of my not-really-resolutions is to not allow my sewing to be a source of stress.  If it's…