Still sewing

How times flies, it is now May and almost half way through. Buisness has been rather good over the past few months, must be cos I can do mending! Successfully complete curtains for a camper van, made a tweed trousers, waistcoat and jacket for a 6month old and shorten an awful lot of trousers since my last post. I have carried out 2 sessions for 2 sisters on 'Getting to know your sewing machine' and they certainly could handle the machine after that. NO more being intimidated by it.

New book

Whilst trawling the charity shops of Taunton on Saturday, I found a copy of Pattern Making and Design by Helen Joseph Armstrong - 2nd Edition and it was at a very affordable price. A book that was on my wish list for sure and so I was one very happy person. Now, Taunton is my favourite place.

Needless to day I was rather quiet for the rest of the day.....

Vintage fabrics

Yesterday evening I collect some fabric remnants and various wool, lace and wadding oddments from someone who was having a clear out as she no longer sews. Spent an amusing hour sorting out then all out, some useful and some only suitable for other worlds.

A sewing friend who runs a Brownie unit and also works at a local primary school has helped me out by taking a goodly amount away. A very useful resource she tells me. We share the same thought in that we can't bear to throw fabric away.

Now off to find a home for it all!

Two customers before 9 o'clock

The day started with two customers arriving almost together, and they live in the same village. One collected a garment and also had to be fitted for a trouser alteration. Those type of customers I like, arriving to collect but bringing more. The second knock at the door was also a collect and deliver! So there is work for next week.

My first task today was to get the designs for a wedding keepsake cushion in pale gold silk stitched out, the digitising was done yesterday. They look good.

The afore mentioned trousers were shortened while the cushion design was stitching out.

Next I started on some very tedious unpicking, it is still not finished. Maybe tomorrow.