Finished Seams

I like to finish my seams with a french seam.  I think it gives a nice drape to the finished garment, and its nice and tidy too!

Ive also finished the hem now, only the buttons and button holes to go!

We enjoyed the craft fair on Sunday, it was a beautiful, hot day and it was in a lovely setting.  We were near the windows and could see the river - brilliant!  :) 

Wednesday Chat

I really enjoyed meeting little P on Saturday, she's so very sweet, and her mum is doing brilliantly!

I've nearly finished the dress now, I've just got to finish the hem, and I'll put some pictures up.

Debbie is doing a craft fair on Sunday, its at Mucking Wildlife Trust Centre, so if you are around, pop in and see her!  The Wildlife centre has just been redeveloped and the area around it is a haven for all sorts of wildlife.  The fair is 10 - 3.

Summer has arrived!

Well, I still haven't finished my niece's dress!  I must do it this week as I'm seeing her on Sunday, yay! :)  It's been very hot here this week, and my garden is suffering, though my tomatoes look like they may be building up to something great!

In between projects, I've added a two little dresses to the shop - I love them!

Our craft fair for Saturday has sadly been cancelled, so Im using the time instead to meet my new cousin, P.  I cant wait for my first cuddle!

Dress making - the adventure continues!

So, after I'd pinned the yoke pieces together for my nieces dress and sewn them, and then the dress pieces together and sewn them, I pinned the yoke in place ready to sew:

I was feeling pleased with myself once I'd sewn all the pieces in, but as I went to turn the pieces out to press the seams, I noticed I'd sewn right side to wrong side.  :(  Why does unpicking take so much longer that sewing! 

Dress Making!

So, this is what I have been up to over the last couple of days.  I've been making a dress for my neice out of the owl fabric that I have.  I had to scale the pattern up first, but I triple checked all my measurements, and I'm confident!

Here is the first step, all the pieces pinned out, ready to sew :

Socks Socks Socks!

Debbie said she had been working on something new, and when I saw her this weekend, she showed me these:

She's been busy!

We are planning on displaying them at our next fair, on 20th July.  I hope they will be popular - they are super cute!  Im thinking of making some for myself...

In other news, we've rented a "stall" on the Supermums craft fair website -  if you have never been on there, take a look around the site, there are some great things to buy! We are on there until the 16th July, then we will see how it goes.