March...ing

 Hello another month moving quickly by, we were supposed to be having a few days away in the caravan but after viewing the forcast for where we were going we have cancelled and are having the time at home instead.  Here are a few things that we have been up to so far this month.

Visiting a few friends for a cup of tea and acatch up, it is important to make sure you see your friends I think as we have such busy lives it is easy to lose touch with people otherwise and I know I don't want that to happen.  There are some people of course who never return messages or only contact you if they want a favour, I have lost touch with a few people like that over the years.  

Reading a variety of things and not really enjoying any of them, very dissapointing!   I have just picked up a couple of books from the charity shop so I hope they will be better.  Every now and then I have a run of bad books, it is helpful if you have people passing on suggestions so please always feel free to let me know in the comments what you have been reading.  I enjoy all kinds of genres but maybe not the sort of slushy romances that my mum enjoys, they are not for me.  These are the ones I bought today...

Day tripping to Buxton, that was today in fact and the weather has been lovely. We were supposed to be in the lakes and the weather was set to be very rainy for days.  We have had a good walk around, a mooch in the charity shops and a drink in a pub. My husband has a few holiday days so we are making the most of them and will have our trip way when it is a little warmer.

Also had a look in this famous second hand book shop, very nice but I have to say I was a bit overwhelmed with the amount and also where to look.  Staring at rows and rows of books without a clear idea what I wanted left me stumped.  I had seen the two books earlier in the charity shop so I went and bought those!   My husband said you were in there all that time and came out empty handed. Oh dear, there were plenty of people in and out buying books so I am sure they do ok.

 

Sewing of course I am always sewing, here a re few things below...

This top was made from a selection of scraps using the Tilly stella pattern, a good way to use up odd bits.

A New Look 6106,  skirt in cotton poplin with pockets fabric and pattern from Minerva and that includes the makes below.

New Look 6602 sateen fabric, John Kaldor. I have actually added more shape and darts to this one as I am not for loose dresses but I know a lot of people like them like that.

This one is a really good fitting pattern New Look 6483, I like the way the shoulders are shaped in and it has a button at the back neck.

I like the pleated sleeves on this one, New Look 6145

Brooch making

I have made afew more but my photos are all over the place at the moment!

Watching The Last Kingdom and we  have watched the last one now so I am going to miss it, it has been going quite a qhile so when you watch something over a few seasons it is always a little sad when they do end. 

Well that is all for now, I will try and not leave such a big gap next time and I started the new year so well with my blogging!  Take care everyone. 

A quiet week

  Hello everyone, I have been intending to write a post for the last couple of days but then I get doing something else and another days has passed.  We came away from the storms unscathed I hope you are all ok wherever you are, it was mainly just noisy and there are lots of fallen branches in the local park. A few roads were closed briefly  near by but nothing too disruptive.  These bigger weather events do appear to be happening more often in the UK it is not something we are used to here, I know other parts of the world have these extremes a lot and have a lot to cope with weather wise.  I do have to say other than being a bit wet most of the time we do have it quite pleasant mostly.

As I write this I am watching the birds on the feeders, we have so many, there are currently a couple of long tailed tits (I think that is right) a great tit, a  few sparrows and three pigeons keep coming and landing near by trying to figure out how to get on!  We have feeders all over the garden and  pigeons nearby that have been eating all the food in one sitting so my husband has taken the large trays off the bottom so they can't land as they were stopping the smaller birds from getting anything. I have told him he is getting grumpy as he keeps going to the window and shooing the pigeons off, they have to eat too but they are very greedy. 

The garden is coming alive which I love to see, the alliums are all popping up and I didn't realise I would get these returning I thought I had to buy more but didn't get around to it. So that is a nice bonus, I do garden but I am not knowledgable about it I just plant, nurture and know the names of what I grow and enjoy it.

A favourite make of this last week has been this skirt...

It is in chambray and the buttons down the front are the ones that pop and you use a tool to press them on.  Well I am not very good at applying these  so have hit my fingers many times and lots of cursing but I do love the finished skirt.  Art gallery fabrics chambray from Minerva.  The pattern was not lines but I always line any skirts that I know I will wear a lot.

I have been trying my best to take care of my stomach this week, I think I always do but sometimes slip amd eat things I shouldn't so I printed off the LOWFODMAP list and I have stuck to it. I have had a much better week with my stomach and it pains me to say that maybe it is onions and garlic😢. As a Gf vegan I need flavour in my food so I use these a lot but if it means being miserable with stomach ache it is not worth the taste. I may eat a little when next we go out as it is so hard to eat out as it is, we do this very rarely so that can be my gentle reintroduction.  It does say you should try small amounts to test once you have reached a comfortable point, so we will see. If anyone knows of any alternatives in the way of herbs that I can use that would be great.  I already eat cumin, tumeric, italian herbs with no isuues and ginger. Also I have read you can eat the green of spring onions but not the whites but I have not tried that.

Well that is all for now I hope you are having a good week. Take care. 

A couple of Sweatshirts

 Hello, I have been doing a bit of warm sewing this last few days in the shape of a couple of sweatshirts.  The first is Burda 6315 in this super fleeceback sweatshirting from minerva...

The shades of the fabric  are ochre, navy and melangre grey, it has come out a really good fit and will be a pattern I return to again.

The second make was using up scraps so I have returned to my Tilly Stretch book and have made another short video on how to make this one if anyone wants a watch.  It is the Frankie baseall T-shirt and it is a really quick make and super for using up all those leftover bits of fabric.  I have had this bit of fabric hanging around for a while with stars on that a friend gave me, super fabric bit what to do with it?  I actually had just enough for the sleeves of this top so that was meant to be.  The video link is below if you want to watch.

                                                                              Video here

For a while now I have been saying it is sweaters I need more of and then I go and make all the dresses, well I am getting around to it now.

We have just spent the afternoon watching more Lord of the Rings, we are working our way throught em again and it is raining here too so a good way to spend a wet afternoon.  Once the sewing was done of course😃

Well I hope you are having a relaxing weekend, back soon, Take care.