baby quilt

Forgot to add the baby quilt I just knocked up in postage stamp

busy times

Gosh Ive been really busy sewing here are some quilts Ive been making over the last couple of weeks. I went to the quilt exhibition at the V&A last year in London and bought some Liberty prints. I ve been holding on to them for ages deciding what to do . I decided on a disappearing 9 patch. Theres a deliberate mistake when I sewed a whole row back to front so there is one large square. but I think it all adds to the fun


Then I had a go at hourglass with a moda charm pack

as you can see I can only quilt in straight lines I'm no good at stippling!!

en garde

am finding old pictures out of outfits Ive made for the boys here is George as  musketeer. I self drafted all the patterns fro this one as they were quite easy shapes to make and stitched a feather onto a bought hat!!!

Just to show I can make normal things here is a dress I made for a wedding completed it in just under 3 hours start to finish with simplicty amazing fit pattern was well impressed. Am in the process of scanning in some old theatre production pictures of costumes that I have made over the years so will post when done

bugsy malone

Will was in a school production of bugsy malone playing Leroy the boxer.
Can I have a gangster suit made he asked?
 I found an old copy of vogue 2367 zoot suit on ebay- it was too big so I scaled it down to fit a 13 year old. Bought some striped wool flannel and some paisley lining and sewed. I think it looks really cool. the trousers and the waistcoat are from my good old Burda suit pattern for boys ( see other reviews). Fedora from TK MAXX ( my favorite shop £9.00)

House is a mess as always but we are renovating the hall thats why it has bare plaster!

1960,s/70's day

here is George in his hippie gear. My long wig makes the outfit!!!

sound of music

I went to a sing along a sound of music which was so much fun- I went in costume of course
 sorry the picture is so poor and my kitchen looks a mess but the outfit is just so cute

 Im a bit fatter tho than Julie Andrews
 Made from a folkwear pattern which was really easy and fab to use. Used some old curtains in a laura ashley fabric for the dress. Altered the pattern to do a lace up front as ran out of time to fit with hooks and eyes