On Friday I was such a busy bee, and I spent so much time at the sewing machine in the evening that I entirely forgot to put a blog post up! So here I go on a Sunday evening instead:
I finally caught up with the group working on the Tiny Nine Patch Challenge - it was such fun making my blocks:
I love them all and have such a great time finding vintage shards of fabric in my stash.
Prior to all the blocks, I completed the Dresden Table Topper I was making anew - in addition to refreshing my pattern, it's going to be a gift ... shhhh - as discussed!
I was actually surprised at how much I love the finished item, I think I'll make another for myself at some point - it'll be a challenge to find a bunch of red and cream strips and border stripe shards, but if I dig around hard enough I'm sure my stash will bear fruit.
During the day on Friday my Mum, Dad and I went on a little adventure. There's a story ... when I was growing up my Nanna had a set of what we called her fish bowls. They held so many memories for me of being around her big kitchen table at meal times, school holiday snacks etc. Nanna knew I loved them and promised I could have them some day. Anyway a long time later in the hustle and bustle of her downsizing and moving, the bowls disappeared. I decided that should I ever see any in the wild, I'd make them mine. And Friday was the day I was able to collect some:
Aren't they darling? I think they date from around the 50's by Diana Pottery - they're fish ramekins. My Mum tells me these are possibly in better shape than the ones Nanna had due to so much use, so I'm very glad to have them and every time I see them they'll make me smile.
Also during the past week, while I've been working I've been watching/listening to many episodes of the Great British Sewing Bee. Ohh my goodness, I just love it. And I was thrilled when one of the episodes had the contestants sewing on Featherweight machines!
How fun! Featherweights are always super fun to sew with.
Watching all those GBSB episodes got me inspired to sew some garments again, and I sewed two pairs of cigarette pants. The first pair was with fabric less loved to test the fit, and the second pair from a darling black and white houndstooth to wear to a dinner party last night. I haven't taken pictures of them yet, but I absolutely promise I'll share them with you next week if you're interested.
So that has been my busy bee week - how has your week been? Chatter soon xox
4 comments:
nice find on those dishes they are cute
How lovely you were able to find those bowls, they are very cute and always wonderful to have a special memory attached. The Dresdon topper is gorgeous. I've semi abandoned my nine patch blocks, only through not having time but hope to get back to them again soon now I'm inspired by yours.
Lots of pretty wee blocks and I LOVE those fish bowls, so cute.
Love your blog so much! Am totally interested in seeing those pants.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful sewing and creativity.
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