Bakelite Buttons

Katoomba boasts quite a few antique shops, Mr Pickwick's being one of them. I found some lovely bright buttons there recently, and used them on the dress below. The hexagonal buttons are 1940s casein, and the two toggles on the sleeves are bakelite, probably 1920s. The supplier, Button Bower, also has a stall in the Victory Theatre antique centre in Blackheath.

The dress is made of hand-dyed hemp silk.

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A Fairy Wardrobe

Here's the latest of an ongoing cheery side project of mine: making fairy dresses for my three-year old daughter.

Last month alone I made four, for her and for her friends. This month's is a frothy rainbow concoction, that has been worn solidly day and night for three days.

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Frock for a Finalist

A good friend Leanne is a finalist in the Design Institute's GOTYA awards for textiles, and needed something special to wear. She picked out two gorgeous fabrics from Tessuti - a burnt orange silk satin and a steel grey silk double georgette.

The design is simple, slightly gathered at the waist, with the sleeves turning up to reveal the contast colour beneath. Here is a shot of the dress nearing completion... just the hemming remains (sigh).

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