Showing posts with label sneaky peeks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sneaky peeks. Show all posts

Tuesday, 27 September 2011

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Go forth and snatch

The stack of cut fabric from last week's sneaky peak ended up as.............................

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Tunics! These are for Monkey and Bo's shop for their autumn / winter range. And rather lovely they are, if I do say so myself.

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They are limited edition, with only one tunic each per size. So if you want one of these incredibly sought after status symbols tunics you better snatch it right up before someone else gets it and starts tormenting you on Twitter with pictures of their cool(er) child and all of a sudden you find yourself writing blog posts about being bullied and your friends rally and then it's war. No one wants that.

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That being said, this one is my favourite and probably worth going to war over. Now go forth and snatch here.

Thursday, 22 September 2011

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The prodigal blogger returns

The computer problem was resolved last week, but it took at least 100 hours to build our trust back. I was convinced that no sooner than I announce I'd fixed it, it'd be gone again, so thus I continued radio silence. You will notice I said I fixed it; despite four technician visits from Virgin, they were unable to find the problem. Lucky for me, I have a mantra:


And a phone with internet access. Using my phone, I googled and googled and googled. I did lots of things rational non-desperate people wouldn't do, like change the settings in my computer and the router and my security software and execute command prompts in secretive black screens. I am awaiting news of my honourary degree in computer science, or perhaps an OBE in the Queen's Honour List. So enough of that, I hope I will never have to use my 'Richard Branson personally hates me' tag.

And what have I been doing in abstentia? Heaps. Here's a sneaky peak of something I'm working on right now.

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What have you all been up to?

Friday, 6 May 2011

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Sneaky Peak : #6

What is it...


Bonus question: Which of my favourite people is the recipient?
Double bonus point question: Which company did we inadvertently piss off?

Those of you on Twitter have an advantage as I was twit-pic'ing fabric choices to the recipient. The winner gets an internet high five.

Wednesday, 19 January 2011

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Christmas Sneaky Peaks revealed

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I honestly don't know how you all coped with the suspense of not knowing the true nature of my Christmas Sneaky Peaks for one whole month. Vicodin probably. The desperate amongst you might have used your legendary powers of deduction to conclude: those are all things that she makes all the time, for everybody. And you'd be right.

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Sneaky Peak #1 was a Christmas pettiskirt for the girl, and her cousin. To clarify: they each got one, it was not to share. The mesh has little polkadots incorporated into the weave, and it's three layers of mesh and one layer of red cotton lycra. They are unfeasibly heavy.

Abstract print cowl dress

Sneaky Peak #2 was an abstract print cowl dress for the Original Best Friend Experience. In the strangest swap I've participated in to date, I received a cranio-sacral therapy treatment in return. I did not wear my cowl dress but we have plans to meet up again in the summer, and she will probably want to matching clothes then. I will keep you posted.

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Sneaky Peak #3 was a tunic for my niece. In one of the saddest emails of my life, my sister in law told me before Christmas that Isla (previously Kitschy Coo's Next Top Model) had become very picky about clothes selection and had one specific request: A purple dress with long sleeves. Her mother negotiated a sparing use of print, and the trusty chairs came out.

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I regretably did not get a modelled pic, but here she is having a Shiny Hair Competition with Maia.

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Sneaky Peak #4 was yet another leather wash bag, this time for my father in law. Massive apologies to all the people on Facebook that thought the small sneaky peak picture looked like a leather bustier complete with heaving bosoms. And apologies to those who thought it looked like leather trousers with a zip down the bum crack. Both of those would have been infinitely better for everyone except my father in law.

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And finally, blessed Sneaky Peak #5. You know how some people say 'My mom is my best friend'? Unless they are wearing matching cowl dresses like real best friends do, they're lying.

Friday, 24 December 2010

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Christmas Sneaky Peak: #5

Thursday, 23 December 2010

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Christmas Sneaky Peak #4

Wednesday, 22 December 2010

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Christmas Sneak Peak #3

Tuesday, 21 December 2010

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Christmas Sneaky Peak #2

Monday, 20 December 2010

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Christmas Sneaky Peek #1

I've almost finished the Christmas present challenge with only one more to go! I'm afraid we're venturing into Top Secret territory though so for the next couple of days I'll just be posting sneaky peaks...

Friday, 17 September 2010

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A Sneaky Peek

I've committed sacrilege and cut into one of my most treasured fabrics. Look kindly on me, Fabric Gods.


Any guesses as to what I'm making?

Sunday, 15 November 2009

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Animal, vegetable, mineral

Here's a sneaky peak of what I've been working on for the last 187 days. Or the last three days, which just felt like 187 days because of the number of stitches sewn, ripped out and sewn again...


Anyone guess what it is?