I am feeling very disenchanted by dress making at the moment. It seems everything I turn my hand to is wrong…..looks wrong. In fact, I’d been feeling like I’d lost the knack and then I came down with a nasty bout of tonsillitis. So I’m hoping it’s simply been a case of ‘do not sew under any circumstances if you feel under the weather’ and I’ll bounce back. I actually found a beautiful piece of emerald silk in my stash today and was tempted to make a blouse……but I stopped myself just in time. I couldn’t cope with another failure.
Anyway, I’ve found a lovely way to amuse myself……
Making dolls! I have so enjoyed the last couple of weeks sitting in front of the TV stuffing little dolls.
And don’t you think she’s lovely? I found the pattern in a magazine and given that I’ve always been a sucker for dolls, there was no stopping me. I’m going to make my girls and my nieces one each for Christmas………if I can bear to part with them…..I have so much admiration for those selfless sewers who make presents for other people………I am too selfish. But this year I am going to try and embrace selflessness with my sewing. And gosh I’m loving giving the dress making a breather. Incidentally, the doll’s dress was made out of fabric I found in Mum’s stash. And I do believe it’s a liberty!
On another theme…..gardens. We went to Bowral for the day to look at an open garden. Feast your eyes! It was beautiful. But the cows are not part of it.
Pillow Parlance 