Espritpatch

During Black Friday sales, I stocked up on a few fun prints from Fabrics Galore to make night dresses. After experimenting with the Lark Tee pattern by Grainline Studio , I settled on an elongated crew neck style. I traced the pattern adding 11' in length and  using size 12 for the bust,  14 for the waist and 16 for the hips. Of course the garment comes together quickly on the overlocker, it's only 5 pieces after all. But maybe it's not a, good idea to sew it up after having had wine.... because oops, I mixed up the back and the front and ended up with the seam of the neck band right in the front. Yes I could have unpicked it and sew it back but I didn't! And during the lockdown, I had to hem without my twin needle. I was playing thread chicken with my spool of beige thread and I knew there would not be enough for a double seam. I'm happy to have digged this lovely piece of fabric from my stash this past weekend but I love it so much that I'm thinki...

Where does the time disappear, I am sure the days have shrunk in length, I can't believe it is nearly 2 weeks since my last block post. Admittedly we have been quite busy, we have reached this time of year where we celebrate the kids' birthdays, all 3 over about a few weeks. The festivities started last week with a trip back to France to celebrate all 3 birthdays at once with family and friends (also known as extended family!) So of course, I have been busy baking and baking again. And then this week my eldest princess turned 6, so more baking has been and will be involved (one more cake to make tomorrow)! And then stupidly enough I thought it would be such a good idea to make her a Frozen dress for her birthday. Yes such a good idea when you have no experience of sewing clothes. My original plan was to make my skirt with the sew-along in January and then to tackle Frozen but that didn't quite work out. And Frozen dress is so simple with a bodice in 4 parts, a yoke ...