I was going to show you the dress I made that I posted a peek of in my last post but then I got a cold and the weather got cold. I'm currently in my pajamas dosed up on codral so I don't much fe...
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So I said in my last post that I would show you what I got when I went op shopping the other week. I got this knitting booklet even though I can't knit (well not properly anyway) because...
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I had four days off work last week so I was actually able to fit in some op shopping. It was a pretty successful trip but I'll show you what I found another day. Instead, I'm showing you wha...
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I don't normally make New Year's resolutions because if you want to do something you may as well just do it. That said, I went on a bit of a fabric spree after the New Year and have made a resol...
http://cameliasandcrinolines.blogspot.com/2014/01/vintage-fabric-and-resolution.html
I haven't been op shopping much lately but I managed to get in a quick fix one lunchtime a couple of weeks ago. I found this old necklace with glass chillies on it.. I'm kind of a wimp when ...
http://cameliasandcrinolines.blogspot.com/2013/12/recent-finds.html
I'm not really into Christmas shopping or Christmas sales, but I did make a point to go to my favourite Salvation Army's Christmas Sale last Friday evening. A sale at an op shop is my kind of sa...
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Remember this top I made? Well, before I made it in the broderie anglaise fabric I did a muslin. Since I semi-drafted the pattern myself, I wanted to check that it would fit alright. I us...
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This is what I wore to work today. When I first started I did try and tone it down a bit, but I don't feel like me unless I'm wearing multiple floral prints. I did wear a blazer over the top ...
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I bought this late 50s/early 60s cropped jacket when I was in Nelson a couple of weeks ago. It was one of those things that I didn't know I'd been missing until I saw it. It's getting hotter...
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Yesterday, I went out to Tai Tapu (a little village close to Christchurch) to visit Last Chintz . It's a new shop that sells "upcycled furniture" (quotes because I think the word 'upcycled' is st...
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I bought this blossom patterned quilting cotton on sale a couple of weeks ago. I'm trying to stop buying new fabric, but I couldn't resist the print. I knew I wanted to make a slim skirted dress ...
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When I went out for dinner last week the menu said cauliflour instead of cauliflower (New Zealanders tend to pronounce flower like flour anyway). This led to a discussion about the correct spell...
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I started a full time job this week and the dress code requires 'corporate' wear. I've been at uni for the last five years where I could wear whatever weird and wonderful things I liked. Somehow...
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It's not really a blouse, but it sounded better than top. I've had this pattern for quite a while but had procrastinated about making it because it was a couple of inches too big for me...
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When I bought this fabric from Arthur Toye over a year ago I imagined making a shirtdress (I was obsessed with them at the time). I don't know what I was thinking. It's a thin, sheer cotton....
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When I've sewn something I usually have scraps of fabric left. I tend to throw all the little scraps out but chucking away bigger pieces seems like a waste. These pieces just sit in my fabric st...
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I bought this pattern with a bunch of other early 60's ones. I liked the bow-type thing on the neckline, but didn't find either of the skirt styles very appealing. I decided to do a box plea...
http://cameliasandcrinolines.blogspot.com/2013/09/is-she-pretty-on-inside.html
I haven't posted in ages because sometimes life just gets in the way. Anyway, here are some things I've bought at the op shop in the last couple of months. This dress (which my mum actually ...
http://cameliasandcrinolines.blogspot.com/2013/09/op-shopping-finds.html
Another week, another skirt that I finished ages ago and never posted. This time it's a circle skirt. I used a self-drafted pattern that I've made at least a dozen times already. What can I say?...
http://cameliasandcrinolines.blogspot.com/2013/07/circles-in-my-skirt-circles-in-my-hair.html
I have a quite a few skirts that I've made and never posted about. I wear them pretty frequently but never seem to get a picture when I am. Here's one I made ages ago. It's just a simp...
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While looking through my fabric stash recently, I found a project that I started almost two years ago . I'd given up on it because one side of the front bodice would not fit properly. The ot...
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Follow my blog with Bloglovin . I dislike the obnoxiousness of that, but apparently it's the only way I can, 'claim my blog'. I avoided the whole google reader shutting down thing when they ann...
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My suit is finally done. I was waiting for some good weather to take pictures outside but it doesn't look like that's going to happen any time soon (it's meant to snow tomorrow), so inside ph...
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I've almost finished the jacket part of the suit I'm making . It's taken me quite a while because of all the hand sewing. I hand sewed the whole lining in place. This is an experience I'm not th...
http://cameliasandcrinolines.blogspot.com/2013/06/mccalls-8813-progress.html
I have a couple of hats that need something to secure them so they'll stay on my head. I don't have any hatpins, and the vintage ones I've seen are really expensive. After seeing this tutorial,...
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