sew sew

I've put some more items up for sale HERE including a few of my own designs, most of which have featured on the blog at some stage. If you're interested in anything please send me an email at nobigtruthblog@gmail.com. Postage within Australia is $9, enquire for specific international rates and any garment measurements.

1. 100% sand-washed silk layered skirt w/ gathered waistband (free size) $40

2. Hand dyed shift dress w/ raw hem (vintage Sportsgirl dress, marked size 14 - best fit 10-12) $15

3. Spot waisted dress w/ racer-cut neckline & dropped circular hem (best fit size 8-10) $25

4. Sheer laser-cut 'scales' shift dress (best fit size 8-10)  $25

5. Striped jersey dropped rounded hem dress (best fit size 8-10) $25

I'm also selling a little collection on Etsy through my NoBigTruth shop so have a look see!

white out

I've never been a white girl. I mean, yes I'm incredibly 'white' in both my skin tone (thanks winter) and culturally, but I'm not a big wearer of the shade. Maybe it's Melbourne's influence or there's simply not that much good white stuff about, but I thought I would give this whole sporty/crisp/luxe business a go.  So from the VERY few white clothes I have in my closet I put together this outfit. The sheerness (nonexistence?!) of the tee really helps to break up that blocky, sterile feeling that makes full head-to-toe white hard to wear. Skin is good, and white just so happens to give the illusion of slightly tanned flesh which is very handy in the middle of winter. I went minimal with black boots and bag, no jewellery and slicked hair (wet not greasy!).

[wearing: thrifted shirt and reworked jeans, Asos tee, Witchery bra, Office London boots, Life with Bird bag]

recap

Mini / Maxi dress

Future basic tank

Collars

Floral shorts

Ombre skirts

Paint pants

Metallic peplum blazer

Splatter skirt

Candy stripe dress

Velvet peplum top

I've been looking through my 'DIY history' and decided to do a recap post on my favourites. This is partly spurred on by the fact that I'm in the process of a whole new load of DIYs which I'll be putting up for sale. Sometimes I'm tempted to sell some of my designs when people tell me they'd pay for me to make them something or buy an existing piece off me, but the problem is that most of the time I've made something out of a small piece of fabric, without a pattern and fitted to my body measurements so it's extremely hard to replicate. Another issue is my emotional attachment to pieces, I may not get a whole lot of wear out of some stuff but just the thought of never seeing designs again is enough to haunt me! Sounds silly, but when I slave over a piece and end up producing something I'm seriously proud of it sits close to my heart. SO that's why I'm making pieces specifically for sale! It will be a mini collection of painted skirts and jeans, all exclusive styles. So far I've finished one skirt and started a second, hoping for them to be done and up for sale before July starts. Watch this space!

candy stripes

My spontaneous sewing ventures seem to turn out quite nicely these days. I've been wanting to do something with this striped cotton for a long time, whether that be upholstery or clothing I just wanted to make use of it somehow. I only had about 1.5m so was originally going to just make a skirt, but upon cutting decided there was enough for a full dress. Turns out my subconscious knows what's up, because it seems there are completely accidental similarities with a dress I've had my eye on for ages now, Josh Goot's Float mini.

It's an extremely summery fabric, which is very unfortunate as Melbourne gets colder by the hour, but I'm quite certain it will get a lot of wear come spring!

[Wearing with Asos cuffs and boots, Tatty Devine perspex bow ring]

sunshine rainy day stripes

Trust Melbourne. Thunder storms this morning, clearing to intermittent, blazing sunshine followed by, you guessed it.. More RAIN!

In that tiny interval between showers this morning I managed to take some (wind-swept) pictures of my latest DIY.

Found this cool jersey fabric at Darn Cheap Fabrics in Ivanhoe, it's not actually knitted into stripes, each section is overlocked together and it comes out kind of wonky instead of straight lines. Very strange, but I love it! (Plus it was a bargain at about $6 a metre).

Couldn't think of what to do with it for ages, but settled on a similar shape to my Asuza dress as seen HERE changing it a bit, going sleeveless with a raised front hem that sweeps low at the back.

Wearing with Asos boots, Georg Jensen pendant and bracelet, and 'Grain Waves' necklace from Vietnam.

jumper joy

New ASOS cropped jumpers that arrived in the mail yesterday!

Love the abstract animal print and can't go wrong with wide stripes.

Photos taken with Instagram.

monday smooth sailing

The weather in Melbourne today called for stripes and pale denim. In love with this tee I found last week, it's actually the perfect colour blue.

Also found the BEST jean store in town; Dejour Jeans, 542 Sydney Rd, Brunswick. Pretty easy to miss this gem of a shop, but they have a great range of jeans ripped off more well-known designers (not mentioning any names.. cough dr denim) and do alterations on the spot! I bought this pair and some dark navy ones for $40 each.. Ridiculously cheap!

Wearing - Savers tee, Dejour jeans, Georg Jensen chain