Hand Painted Winter Skirt

The cold Melbourne winter has brought with it a desire for cozy knits and faux fur. My inspiration for this project was around winter warriors so I designed a tribal influenced pattern and hand painted it onto linen fabric. Lining the skirt with faux fur I salvaged from a remnants bin gave the skirt volume and a super cozy feel, so warm in fact that I may not take it off until spring! 

Knitted Cowl Vest

I had a hooded scarf that I crocheted but it never quite fit right. It was one of those things I made in the early days and I could never quite bring myself to give it away or pull it apart to make something else. I'd look at it with all my other scarfs and cozy winter things every time I opened the draw and then it hit me that I'd been holding onto something that I never wear for over 10 years. That realisation was exactly what I needed to pull it out and undo it. With all my balls of freshly unraveled yarn I wanted to make a kind of cowl vest, I like cropped sweaters and cowls so it's kind of a combination of both. I'm in love with how warm it is and that I still have left over yarn to make something else with.

Crochet Tablecloth Dress

I found a tablecloth in an op-shop and because I have a slight obsession with doilies I had to get it. For months it sat hanging over my clothes rack (looking pretty) while I thought about how I want to put it to use. I often picked it up and draped it around myself to see how it sat and to figure out if I could actually bring myself to cut it up. In the end I only cut a small hole for my waist and gathered  parts of the fabric to give it body and make it a little less see through. I made the top of the dress from a stretch linen blend which enabled me to avoid cutting the tablecloth further to put a zip in.