Zips are DANGEROUS!!! SEE??? However. I pushed on and on and have become quite accomplished at making spunky zippered pouches. Once I clear customs (I keep saying that!!), I want to play around with shapes etc.. Note use of text stitching to temporarily solve labeling issues… :) Today, I was making a ladies [...]
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Zips
Posted by monsoonsandmangoes on 2 March 2011
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beautiful feedback
This might be my favourite comment ever: “…he has received them and loves them and wears them a lot. My mother was trying to convince him to save them for special occasions so he has something nice to wear, but he said pish posh to that. He said “They’re very well made. I am wearing [...]
Posted by monsoonsandmangoes on 21 June 2009
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New skirt
That beautiful chocolate mouse coloured fabric I bought today is already my brand new skirt. I simply traced one of my favourite batik skirts, and sewed in an indigo/black dotty stretchy waist band, with hot pink zig-zag feature stitching all over. (ugh – such a dodgy pic, but you get the idea! :) It’s insanely [...]
Posted by monsoonsandmangoes on 18 June 2009
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three new tops
‘scuse the dodgy pics – lil bit too late in the day. Lil’s. Though I wasn’t sold on the fabric she chose, she adores the top. It definitely too short. I guess she is 7 now, so a size 5 pattern won’t do :) Maisie’s. She loved the spotted top I made the other day [...]
Posted by monsoonsandmangoes on 29 April 2009
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New today
I had SUCH a fantastic day. Music, solitude, pretty fabric and my mind. I kept thinking: “I’m back.” Look what I made!!! :) ladies hippy/festival/market apron skirt S-M. I can’t begin to express how much fun I had making this!! It kept growing and growing and I absolutely LOVE it! :) Little patchy skirt. I’m [...]
Posted by monsoonsandmangoes on 20 April 2009
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Asha’s birthday again
Apparently Asha only wears pants these days. Black and white are her favourite colours. Well, I didn’t have any black & white fabric- at least, not enough for a pair of pants, and I wasn’t wanting to make pants yesterday anyway :p So I made her a top. Just a plain, simple sun top, with [...]
Posted by monsoonsandmangoes on 18 April 2009
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Skirts for Bec’s Lil
This is the pocket for one of them. I think it looks nice against the white broderie (which the pocket is lined with), but well…white and kids isn’t really practical, is it? I’d really like some tea-stained white linen, or maybe a nice chocolate linen, and put on a simple dress, or pair of pants. [...]
Posted by monsoonsandmangoes on 16 April 2009
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new today :)
Posted by monsoonsandmangoes on 23 May 2008
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Lesson of the day: do not attempt to move folders on computer!!
Oh god…I just almost lost ALL of my sewing pictures from the last 2+ years!! Hundreds and hundreds of photos!!!! I NEVER back up, so if I hadn’t found them, I’d be broken-hearted!! I had clumsily dropped them into my Wallpapers folder!!
Posted by monsoonsandmangoes on 16 May 2008
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Dolly’s new dress :)
Dolly’s ONLY dress, actually. I asked Maisie, “should we make Dolly a dress?”. Maisie hugged herself, “Brrr, dohd.” So a winter dress it was. With arm warmers. They were meant to be sleeves, but since I measured nothing, they ended up too tight :) bit of a weirdy photo of Maisie – hope she doesn’t [...]
Posted by monsoonsandmangoes on 14 May 2008
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Lola skirt
“Listening to Copacabana, (“her name was Lola, she was a showgirl…” and then this skirt happened :)You know, sometimes the less thought that goes into a new design or garment, the better!!”
Posted by monsoonsandmangoes on 5 May 2008
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New listings today
Posted by monsoonsandmangoes on 2 May 2008
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completed set / milkwood
And it turned out like this: Or at least, that’s a bit of the pants. There’s a top to match. . I smell Milkwood.
Posted by monsoonsandmangoes on 27 March 2008
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New :)
♥ “Little Nanna” :) Size 2 3 4 Size 1 flares And now, making something from the top three fabrics in the photo below:
Posted by monsoonsandmangoes on 27 March 2008
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Monsoons & Mangoes resales!!
Monsoons & Mangoes relist And another… Interesting! :) I was only thinking today that I should accept “trade-ins” of my past stuff. not a bad idea… :)
Posted by monsoonsandmangoes on 21 March 2008
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