Seeing as it’s coming round to ‘that’ time of year again (I can’t quite bring myself to say the big C word…) I thought I’d get cracking early with some little me-made pressies for some of the little people in my family!
It’s been a rather long time since we’ve been able to update this space - apologies for our absence!
It’s been a while since we updated our progress in this space - not because we haven’t been hard at work, simply that we’ve fallen behind our original time plan and things have taken a lot longer than we originally thought.
Well summer 2012 is definitely a sporty one, particularly if you are, like us, residents of London. I’m gaily ignoring the Euros, much to my husband’s disgust, but one event us gather girls get excited over is Wimbledon! This year, one of us (but sadly not me…) is off to SW19 to eat strawberries, drink pimms and perve over Nadal watch the tennis and cheer Murray on.
I’ve noticed recently that I do something a bit odd when sewing.
Coincidentally both Sandra and I, in our ‘spare time’, have been doing a spot of crochet. I’ve eventually finished off a granny square blanket for a friends new baby and Sandra is working on a blanket for herself!
There is a great post over on Tilly’s blog right now about Stitcher’s Indecision (an ailment I suffer from mildly but that’s another blog post entirely…). She talks about “the ability to design bespoke garments exactly how you want them. You choose the colour, the style, the fit, the neckline, the sleeve, the buttons…”
We’re hard at work at the moment working on our final samples and we’ve now made what will (hopefully!) be our last design alterations. The dress is looking great!
We’re spending an awful lot of time at the moment working with our pattern pieces. We’re currently also doing a lot of research into the best paper to print on to. Which brings me to this question: What do you do with your pattern pieces?
A belated Happy New Year to you all!