I think the fabric is a Liberty Lawn and the pattern is from the book, " Stylish Dress Book," by Yoshiko Tsukiori Hindsight is a wonderful thing and therefore next time I would make a smaller size. I almost had a disaster with one of the buttonholes which was a bit stressful and one side of the front hem hangs a little lower than the other, but not massively misaligned!
To save paper the designs are printed on both sides of the paper and do not contain seem allowances. As a result I ended up tracing the sleeve design for another top which is in fact longer than the original pattern but regardless still works well with the blouse. Although the patterns instructions and images are relatively easy to follow, I wouldn't recommend this book for a first time sewist since some prior knowledge is helpful in working out the various configurations. Having said that the designs are very versatile and comfortable and I am looking forward to trying one of the dress patterns in the near future.
We received a lovely package in the mail from our blogging friend, Kezzie In the parcel was a beautiful dress for me which fits every where apart from the bodice, so I will have to put my sewing skills to use with the help of my mother outlaw! There was a super cute jumper for Pip which looks to be a bit small as she is quite muscular but I have an idea to morph it into something else :-) There was also a bamboo tooth brush fro me to try as Kezzie is doing a mammoth job in not only reducing her plastic waste but also educating and encouraging other to do likewise. Dave received a box of chocolates from Kezzie's end of year teachers' stash and the main purpose of the parcel was a t-shirt for Ben which fits perfectly and hasn't been off his back since!
Apologies for late night blurry image but I think it's safe to say that he approves!!
During one of our Saturday jaunts to Wesleys I did my usual thing of finding the thought for the day and I thought it was quite appropriate:
I really felt in my heart that God was confirming and encouraging our decision to home educate and for me to make a real go of utilising my crafting skills as a means of sustainable part time employment at this end. We might have plans but then life happens and the test is to make the best of where we are :-) I think this family does a pretty good job of making the best of things and working together day by day.
Kathryn and Mary came to stop over the weekend and we had Mary whilst Kath attending a meeting on the Monday. As usual it was lovely to see them and Mary had fun spending time with Pip.
I have made a start on subject preparations for September and we are currently working home school light at the moment, so far it is going well :-)
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Yes, exactly!! “Make the best of where we are.” This is so true, San, and is one of my prayerful, daily cornerstones :-)
Peace and Prayers to you this day xox
Thank you for your encouraging words they are always appreciated xx
That blouse is so pretty, San! I love the fabric.
When we were in London, we discovered wooden toothbrushes at Holland and Barrett. They were pretty good. Only Charlotte did not like them.
Thanks for you kind words about the blouse :-) I have tried the toothbrush and I think when we are due to replace our brushes we will switch to bamboo.
By the way I looked into switching off the daft robot thing and couldn't but Penelope is right if you just hit the publish button you can bypass the whole match the hydrant game!
Hey San!
I am glad the parcel arrived ok. I hope that you will be able to do something with the dress to make it fit you. That's really funny that the jumper is a bit too small for Pip!! I wonder what you are going to do with it!?
If you do like the toothbrushes and want to swap to those, I got them from a seller on eBay here https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pure-Bamboo-Natural-Toothbrush-Environmentally-Friendly-Eco-Gentle-Soft-Green/291754268660?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 and they are 'Buy 3, get 2 free" so they worked out about £2.50 per toothbrush (and free postage). They are UK based so I went for them rather than an international one who send theirs in plastic. You could probably find them elsewhere too though like the person above mentioned!
So nice that you got to see Kathryn and Mary. I am also glad that you feel encouraged over the home schooling decision! It's amazing how God gives us words that we just know are for us in regard to a particular situation!xx
The robot with the many pictures has not appeared again for me, strange, isn't it? Now I just have to mark a box, but not sort through millions of pictures first.
Actually Pip informs me that jumper fits but she isn't big on wearing knitted garments, which is hilarious considering I am a knitter!! I have an idea that might work x
Good :-)
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