Lucy's Christening Day

Here is a lovely picture of Lucy and Myself at the Christening last week. Such a lovely little thing. She was so obliging to be handled by everyone practically.

Blogg following

Well I am not sure what I am doing, tried so hard to put Pootleflumps little "button" on my page but it just seems to be a http link!!! Will I  ever learn the technology?
I am loving her makes anyway. I have put her blog to another list of people that I am trying to follow, although the Sewing room on MSE is my main place to be at the moment, learning all these new things are quite a challenge, as well as getting to the sewing machine.
Love the pin cushions that she is currently making! Can i copy the idea? Maybe after my holiday.



This may not be her button, but look at the fab give away she is offering. !

Todays Sewing

Well this morning after dealing with the paperwork and banking etc, I did finally manage to get to the sewing machine, and continued to sew the bags and purses that I had previously cut out. Seems months ago now! But wasnt that long ago.
Here are the results of todays work.

Latest sewing

Well I have given Molly her birthday present, so I can now share it with everyone.
These are pictures of the saddle bag that I made, with great thanks to Rufusdog, for the instructions.

Just dont look at the mess in the background! My sewing room is strewn with fabrics, and makes at the moment.

I also made another small tote bag, but there are lots of purses and wallets still cut out that need finishing.

This weeks makes

Well I managed to get to the sewing machine on Wednesday. I started to sew together some of the things I had cut out over the last few weeks.

Ah thats on its side!" Oops,. Its the strap with all the bags hanging off of it.

I made the strap by using the central button panel from a mans shirt. Then I made the button loops out of the other central panel. I used a D ring that was on a webbing Belt that I bought in a charity shop for 50p.

I will use the strap for one of the heavier weight winter bags that I will need to be making soon.

I have so many ideas buzzing around in my head that I cannot think straight sometimes.

Here are the results.

Maxi Dress

I have finally finished my maxi dress. All in readiness to wear to dinner on friday night, for my 50th Birthday!
Claire and I are going to spend 2 nights at Ragdale Hall, in Leicestershire. What a lovely celebration.
We go up Thursday afternoon, have a look around, get use of the pool etc and then there is some sort of evening class after our meal. On Friday, the big day for me, we will get breakfast in our room!! what luxury. We have a facial in the morning and a massage in the afternoon. I also have an appointment with thier alternative therapy doctor who will go through my medication with me, and see if there is anything that I can do to compliment my treatment that may help me. (May sound odd for a birthday, but if it is going to help me in the future, then I hope it will be well worth it.).
We get another evening there, and breakfast in bedroom again on Saturday before checking out. I think Claire has another treatment booked, and I will use the swimming pool before we come home.

We have organised some childcare for DGD so I am so excited.
Here is a couple of pictures of the dress I made yesterday and today.

I am not very thrilled with the zip, its supposed to be concealed, but I had quite a battle understanding the pattern. Maybe I will re do it when I get back. But meanwhile I have something to feel special about wearing.

surfing around for inspiration

last night I was surfing around for some inspiration, and waiting for DGD to go to sleep, when i came across a tutorial for making a dress out of a mans shirt. Alas  I cannot seem to find who it was I got it from. Anyway, feeling inspired I grabbed one of my BF's boring short sleeved shirt that he was intending to throw out, and with a piece of plain woven fabric, that I have had lurking for ever and a day, I came up with my version of her dress.

Not the best pictures in the world, but done via the mirror the best I could do. It does actually look more reasonable in real life. THe armholes were not quiet right, and if I was to do the same again, I would make a self facing rather then using bias binding. Or make my own binding out of the same or contrasting fabric. But for a few hours of fun, and an old shirt. Not so bad.