shalwar again

september 2005 that should read

shalwar stuff

shalwar stuff is in the archives for september I think

new toys

my mother in law gave me these at the weekend
I really love them ,the needle case still has lots of fine needles in

bundle

bundle is getting used to wearing her collar,it has an electronic tag on the front to allow her access to the cat flap
she is not amused at the cat flap but I am sure she will learn how to use it

earring

finished these on friday ,I really love them

beads

this is what I like to bead,most of the designs are from kits ,there are two "critters " made with wire,a newt called tiny cos he is my newt and a tiny elephant made by my mother.the necklaces are on memory wire cos I used to have long hair and I wore them around my bun.at the top left hand side are my shoe clips ,made from inspiration from a book by alexandra something will look it out
julie from spellbound beads in litchfield makes most of the kits I buy

twenties flapper dress

hi sarah
this is frompattern design and draping by the WI published 1928 and 1932
have done this on a basic tee shape we did it in floaty chiffon over a separate underdress cut as a shift
it looked gorgeous

we had snow!!!

thimble just waking up

bundle climbing back through the upstairs bedroom ,having been investingating the roof below

these are the patterns I used the top one is the green skirt,the bottom left is the brown top and the bottom right the green top.I will sew all these again ,they were fun easy to make went together a dream and fitted right out of the envelope

this is actually chocolate brown

is this a better picture of the skirt,if so when I check the blog will delete the other

dont know if this skirt shows up all that well,I love it to bits and now I am cheating by sewing up a bought pattern in a knit I feel that I am getting back to sewing

a kwik sew top,saw this pattern in australian stitches many years ago and now thanks to a couple of places I can send for the patterns over here,I love this top,my fabric was tooo narrow so I just chopped the ends of the sleeves off,the sleeves are cut in one so just three pattern pieces,this and the skirt were cut and made in an afternoon!!!

have just learned to make jump rings,the littel ruler charm is one inch long jus tot help with scale
the two buttons were bought last month at a sewing show and the really sparkle

these are my new toys,the little ruler charm is one inch long just to give you an idea how small the penknife is the closed pair of scissors are new the ones below the case are fold up and arrived as my christmas pressie