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. 

February...ing

 Hello everyone I hope you are all keeping well I thought I would do a little 'ing' post to get me back into things for February.

Making so many things recently that I am losing track of it all here I will add a few things below, this last week I also made a dress for a friend as her daughter graduates this week in York and she wanted something special.  She ordered a pattern I have made recently and I cahnged the style of the sleeves as she wanted a longer sleeve.  She was very happy and has promised to send photos when she is all dressed up.  She did try it on wearing socks and we both had to agree that was not a good look. 

                       As you can imagine it looks much better with the correct fitting body in the dress. 

A favourite make of mine from last week that I did remember to take an image of is this dress below, it is a bit of a vintage feel I think and I can't wait for warmer months to wear it.

These are cute...

I am struggling to find some of the the things here on my laptop and also finding it very lacking now that I use it for video making etc. I have to clean up daily and put videos on external storage as it it can't do the the most simple of tasks if it has even one video stored. It just crashes, so not great and it is only just over a year old. 

This sweater has been a good one for the cold, made with this fur back sweatshirting...

                    There is much more I will have to share them in future as they are worn I think.

Reading  I finished the Dutch House and while it was very well put together it didn't really excite me, I have read reviews that say it is her best work yet and if that is the case I am not encouraged to rush out and read more just purely because it never really went anywhere.  If you disagree I apologise as i know books can be a very personal thing.  I then read The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker and I felt that one was dreadful! Boring the whole way through and I had not connection to any of the characters, at leats with the Dutch House the characters were real and alive in my mind but his last book was very dull.  Currently I am reading The Seal Womans Gift, I have only just started so I hope it is a good one.

Enjoying some incredible skies just recently, I do keep trying to capture them on my phone but they never look the same through a screen do they?

Planning I am still writing everyhting down every day and this has served me well so far this year, I am clearly a slave to a list but hey it gets things done so why not.  I have a number of notebooks in fact I think I may have a notebook problem,  I even asked for some for Christmas 😃 but the book I am using every day is this Alice diary that I bought myself from Asda at the beginning of the year.

Cooking new things, now some are from my many books and some I just make up, and don't you just always find that they never have half of the ingredients that are in these recipes anyway. Or that may be just that I shop at my local Asda and it is pretty basic when it comes to supplies.  Sunday I made a sort of tart thing that I made up and I was so pleased with it, only got an image when it was half finished but very tasty.  I made my gf scone recipe for the base but savoury with herbs, covered it in tomato puree, cooked lentils, spinach, vegan feta, tomatoes, olives and more herbs and cooked in the oven.  It came out a treat!

I also made a chocolate and ginger cake last week another expreiment that came out very well, all GF and vegan. It does look dark but it is the Black treacle.

Today I am going to have a go at buckwheat bread, my husband managed to source some from the big supermarket near his work as they do not have buckwheat in ASDA along with the many other things that they don't have!

Trying a new routine morning and evening for digestion, I found it  on youtube it does say yoga but from what I have done they are just the same moves as I use in Pilates but done in a certain sequence for your gut.  It has a lot of people saying good things so I am trying it morning and evening for a time to see how I go.  I did used to do my pilates daily and have to say I have been poor at it this year so maybe that could part of the problem? I don't know but I am up for trying it to sooth my constant griping stomach. 

Eating out and being shocked, we went for a vegan meal at a new to us restaurant with family and while we enjoyed the company and being out the food was barely there. You know when you watch a fancy restaurant on TV and they bring tiny portions that will not feed anyone well that is what it was like. We ordered lots of dishes too, but there was till not enough to make up a plate.  It tasted nice but we all left hungry despite a heafty bill, we will not be going there again it had incredible reviews too which makes me think people must just have money to burn.  Here is a picture of me and my Step mother in law, happy but hungry😂

Well that is all for today I hope you enjoy the coming weekend and get lots of making done. Take care.

Sewing this and that

 Hello, we have been having a few more brighter days so the weather has definitley improved from the dark dreary days of a few weeks ago.  My daily walks have been bright but cold, I hope it has been as nice where you are.

I have got into a little pattern of going straight to my room to do my sewing every day, editing my listings on Etsy and writing everything down so that I don't forget.  I have started making brooches this week and I am enjoying doing that as it is a great way to use every last bit of fabric and mix all the colourful bits together.  Here a re a few few of those below...

Fortunately I had some card with butterflies on with my card making supplies they are just right to mount them on.  I may run out quite quickly though as there were only a few sheets I will have to create something else myself. They are about 15cm at the longest point so they are not a small thing. 

We have been watching Ozark this week and as we watch an episode every evening we are all caught up with that now.  I sometimes wonder if it was a better idea when we had to wait for the next episode a week as now we just watch things all in one week.

I made another Windmill cushion and a little lesson to go with it, if it is not required I will post it on one of my own areas such as here or YouTube.   

I have a few of these as I love making them they are such a good way to use up fabrics and make something pretty and useful.

In bag making here is todays make...

                                                                               Etsy Shop

Also watching more of The Last Homely House on YouTube, I mentioned this in my last post and Kate is such an industrious, creative lady, full of ideas and very easy to watch so if you love watching craft videos go and have a look.  I have it on in the kitchen sometimes while I am chopping veg and prepairing the evening meal it is like having a friend in the kitchen with you while you cook. 

Well I need to get on with more sewing now as I usually get back to it after tea for an hour or so, I hope you are having a good week and looking after yourselves.