Who is Veronica Darling?

You've arrived at the space where you quickly learn everything about me, Veronica Darling, in a very concise and hilarious way.

Yay! My blog is about sewing and creating things.

  

I taught myself to sew in my early twenties and after that everything made sense in the world. I make all my own clothes these days and I get involved in loads of challenges and projects to keep motivated.

Mostly I adore vintage material and patterns and style in this modern world. My fave vintage patterns are from 1950s and 1960s. When I first started this blog, I made 100 Outfits over a year to increase my mad sewing skills, and it worked! Totes recommend it. The sewing and crafting community online is AWESOME! Occasionally I get stuck with things, and knowing that I can turn to you guys for advice, or google until I can learn how to fix things, is just amazing. I try to make at least one thing a week, but that can vary if I'm knitting or crocheting things while watching telly.

In 2011, I joined Sew Weekly, to create a garment a week with Mena, Debi, Sarah and Adey! A lot of garments! In 2012, I'm planning to make '100 Things', which will be more about any crafty thing, not just clothing.

  

The fabrics, notions and other haberdashery (LOLZ - sewing word!) I use are thrifted/second hand/op shopped as I believe in sustainability and recycling and refashioning things more than consuming and purchasing new garments. I only buy things new when I don't have an alternative (ie, my knitting skillz are limited and same with my crochet hooking!) but a small environment fairy cries when I do.

 

I take all of my own photos (unless Husbie is around) and I've recently got a Lumix GF1 and adore it. In my sewing room I have a Brother Straight Stitch Machine that has some crazy stitches that I never use, and an automatic button hole stitch that I do use (and would recommend it if you buy a machine, don't get a 4 step button hole one). I also have a Janome Serger/Overlocker that is the bomb, but I only use the 3-thread set up. I have no other real sewing machine insights, as I pretty much cross my fingers and soldier on.

Other things you'll probably hear about from time to time is music, radio and my life in Melbourne with my darling Husbie.

And until October 2011, we shared our lives with this little pocket rocket:

  
she is greatly missed xoxo

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 You can always email me at veronicadarling AT gmail DOT com anytime!