Colette Iris
Last year when I was stupider, I commented to a friend of mine that women of our age simply shouldn’t be seen in shorts. “Oh, they’re fine for gardening,” said I, “in the privacy of a hedgerow of...
View ArticleEmergency Sorbetto
Call me shallow, but there’s nothing in my view as reprehensible, shocking and absolutely vile as a T-shirt tan. Which is exactly what I ended up with after gallivanting in the sunshine wearing my...
View ArticleAchtung, Dahlia!
I bought this pattern almost immediately upon its release and tested it with a muslin. However, just as I was about to finish the real thing, the machine and I got turfed out of my sewing space to...
View ArticleSummer Dahlia
I was worried that Version 2 of the Dahlia would be too inappropriately revealing for my advancing years but the black dress on the Colette website must have been made of something slinky for it to...
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