Inspiration galore

The Alexander McQueen Spring 2013 collection is full of inspirational and aspirational designs.

The corsetry shows innovation, historical references and incredible beauty. I especially love the silhouettes, layering and flossing. Fabulous.

Have a peek for yourself on style.com (the flossing starts here).

Shopping bag ahoy

Another new fabric version of my Muckle bag. This slubby cotton with printed ships is great fun but posed a slight problem – my Muckle bags are all made from one piece but one piece of this fabric would result in one side having upside-down boats. Needless to say that just would not do.

This is made from two pieces and the seam joining the sections at the centre bottom is flat-felled and triple stitched. That should hold it!

Sneak preview

A little snapshot of my new fabrics for shopping/shoulder bags. Only three knobs on the chest of drawers so that's all I'm showing for now!

These will make their way to Etsy once I get a chance to photograph them properly. Note to self: at this time of year use the first available photography-friendly opportunity because you just can't take good photos when it's dull, dull, dull.

Little black dress

While photographing my gloves I was wearing my new favourite dress/tunic. It's just a simple a-line dress that I drafted for myself last year. It's made of black denim with a white cross thread so it looks more like grey depending on the light. So comfy for everyday wear.

My crochet gloves are slowly making their way onto Etsy so will eventually all get there!

No prizes for guessing when the sun came out.

A change of scene

No more yellow walls today – the sun was out and so was I!

I love the view from the allotments.

Edinburgh Castle peeking over the trees

A beautiful white cosmos with bright nasturtiums in the background . . .

. . . and a pink one too

Sunshine on a rainy day . . .

With Autumn well upon us I've been waiting for some good light to take photographs of some of my recent work.

The room I use for photography is south facing (I know, not good for even light) but I like the colour so I'll just have to work it out! Today has brought rain and then an overcast but bright day – a fantastic diffused light perfect for photos without strong shadows.

Or so I thought, until the clouds parted and the sun shone through. Cue enforced tea break while I waited for the sun to disappear again. Who would have thought that I would ever look forward to an overcast day!

October challenge - Day 1

I'm aware I'm not very good at updating this blog and even worse at posting new items on Etsy so for this month I'm setting myself the challenge of putting something out there every day.

Some coasters have been put on Etsy tonight, which allows me a nice gentle start to the challenge.

Here goes!