happy hour

To be honest Happy Hour for me this week will be at the market on sunday once DorothyBills and I have finally set up shop and can relax and sit back and wait to meet and greet whoever can make it on the day. I was pretty pleased with myself today to finish these dresses among other things I have on the go.

It feels as if I still have a lot to do tomorrow and im off to the shops now for some last minute preparations. Why do I always leave it to the last minute?

My head is going around in circles today and it has been really difficult to focus and stay at my machine.

Ive decided I need to pay one of my children to trim cottons for me (like that will ever happen),

fold the washing (all seven loads that I havent folded this week),

vacuum the entire house (boy does it need it),

make dinner (I dont care if they order pizza),

help me label everything (this may happen actually),

and then possibly load the car for the market while I sit back and watch (hmmm that might be too expensive).

To see other peoples Happy Hours visit here.

my creative space

Ive been meaning to make myself some dresses for a very long time so... today is the day.
This green dress is the one I reach for alot. In summer its great by itself, or over jeans and with a jacket and scarf in colder weather. I made it for our overseas trip to Europe last year to wear to an Irish wedding but it doesnt necessarily mean its a dressy dress. So im making some more just like it.

This one is on its way it just needs hemming perhaps in a black lace to make it less colourful.

I spliced a mexican doiley in half for the back detail because to me, the dress looked overtly mexicano anyway  with all the gaudy yellow and big roses.

This has nice embroidery at the top, just a couple of napkins.

 

and this one is still in pieces.

Take yourself over to Kootoyoo to see what everyone else is up to.

bias binding

This is my sewing pile for tomorrow. Some dresses for my etsy shop with homemade bias-binding for that real nanna feel. I highly recommend making your own as its satisfying to say the least, not to mention so much cheaper than buying it. The really funny thing is that you can slice up the most unattractive of fabrics and give them a new life as an edging.