Day 22, Comfy Cardi & Exciting News

On day 22 the Comfy Cardi came in handy, it was cold and windy outside and I needed something that was warm and friendly!

Looking nice and crumpled!

SSS is going so quickly, theres only 11 Days left, eep...

But the exciting news?

This little blog has been going since June and I have finally hit 80 Followers!

So I'd like to say a big thank you! to all of you who come by and have a read or leave a nice comment.

Its so nice to get feedback and meet you all :-)

And now I'm wasting more time on the internet than ever, haha

I never expected to get 10 followers, let alone 80! 

As promised, there will be a GIVEAWAY announced in the next few days.

There will be some little bits and pieces up for grabs so make sure your reading!

Also, I met a lovely man at the sewing centre today, He made my day!

It was my first time at this particular place (they just moved there) and this man and his wife run the place and couldn't stop talking about how great Pfaff's are. 

They were great! I've never met a man so in love with sewing machines...

Well maybe Peter!

He was so helpful and I ended up buying a new foot for my machine. 

$42 !!!!! for one foot!!!

anywho, they had lots of great stuff there and they are only 3 minutes from my house (tee hee)

I can't wait to go back there and ogle all of their machines and bits and bobs!

Thats all folks 

Hope your all happy and sewing

:-)

Day 20....

Nothing new here, Lazy post today because its getting late! 

On Day 20 I wore the Lady Grey jacket all day and it was so comfy and warm!

We went for a drive to Belgrave and Mr.Lovely purchased a 1986 Saab 900i. 

There is serious Saab fever happening around here, there are 3 in the driveway at the moment!

After car shopping we went to Ikea and got some lamps and other bits and pieces, I LOVE Ikea... 

who doesn't?

Days 16, 17, 18 & 19

Ohh somebody has been a bad documenter... 

BAD BAD BAD

Days 16, 17 & 18 of SSS have no paparazzi shots. But trust me when I say I wore:

My self stitched cardi on Day 16 to work and the supermarket

My self stitched sencha blouse on Day 17 to work

& My refashioned vintage Sailor skirt on Day 18...

I promise... 

Today I wore a black blouse made from this vintage Simplicity pattern:

It is not my greatest work but hey, its black and perfect for work attire.

The yoke was quite tricky to sew, I think I used a trillion pins!

I want to make it up in a red gingham too like on the envelope!

So here is the hard evidence, This is me with NO make up besides red lip gloss. 

I don't feel like myself without mascara and concealer. Thankfully the flash is quite forgiving.

Thanks to Mr. Lovely again for the photos, you are so handy!

Thats all folks :-)

Have a Lovely week!

Easy Gathered Skirt on Day 15

This is what I whipped up last night in some sort of sewing frenzy.

A simple Gathered skirt made from a pretty patterned fabric that I picked up in Darwin

So ladylike and easy, but most important of all comfortable!

I finished this up in less than 2 hours. There is a 5 inch hem so it hangs quite nicely.

It looks much nicer in person & with my self made petticoat that I forgot to put on for these shots

oh well... next time...

I'm going to make up another one tomorrow in a lovely teal taffeta with a few more gathers, Yay

This could be the beginning of another skirt addiction! Look out!

Thanks to Mr. Lovely again for playing photographer  ox

Have a good weekend ladies and gents

What are you all sewing???

Days 11, 12 & 13 Yippeee

Oh boy have I been lazy the last Couple of days...

I can sum up the Self Stitched September activities with one picture...

Item 1: Self Stitched Stripey Top worn on day 11

Item 2: Hand Knitted slippers (From a friend) Worn day 12

Item 3: Self Stitching in Progress, Second Half of the 50's Orange Cardi

On day 14 I took the New Lady Grey out for a spin. Got lots of nice comments!

Have a nice day everyone :-)

Dig Lazarus Dig!.... Days 8 & 9

So its finally the end of the week! Woo hoo

In exciting sewing news...

Mr. Lovely is taking me shopping for a new dress form tomorrow. Gosh, could he get any better!

He spotted a 60's model made entirely of wood and in good nick, we shall go hunt it down tomorrow... 

Days 8 & 9 are a little more exciting than the past few days because we had dinner dates both nights.

On day 8 we went out with our fellow classmates for a spot of thai and some vino.

The curry and conversation were good, but the walk home in the rain... not so good...

Mr. Lovely took a snap after the downpour

Day 8:

I wore my red Macaron dress, so comfy...

 This is me hugging my current project, another version of the Lady Grey Coat by Colette Patterns .

I have made this before but the colour was too..... eh...something. Not quite right.

This version is in purple and grey tartan & is coming together nicely.

In this photo you can also spot:

a) a bike

b) a rack piled full of finished and unfinished sewing pieces

c) my poor used and abused dress form

d) a myriad of other mess...

Anywho

On day 9 we planned to go out for dinner but plans fell through and we ended up relaxing with some friends, ordering pizza & pasta and watching 'Dumb & Dumber' (Yes it's still funny).

So I opted for comfort.

Day 9:

This is just how I hang out on the doorstep....

This is a Cynthia Rowley for Simplicity pattern, and is good if you are feasting, Lots of room haha

And a flattering waistline.

So thats all in sewing news.... for now....

Thanks for all the lovely comments and encouragement,

Self Stitched September has been tougher than first thought, I'm just not organised enough!

But it is fun all the same.

How are the other SSS participants keeping up?

Good luck & See you in the soup...

Days 3, 4 & 5

Phew! Its already day six!

Here are the outfits from days 3, 4 & 5, Don't get excited, I have been quite uncreative so far with SSS but have a couple of fun tops on the go to make things a bit prettier around her. But damn this work skirt is messing things up! And so is the cold weather.... I need too many layers

So on to Day 3:

And what a terrible bunchy, wrinkly photo it is...

And yes, this top IS as ill fitting in real life. This was one of my first projects ever, using Simplicity 1127

 (I have made 2 more since in the sleeveless version with bows... They fit though! Such an easy pattern)

But here you have it. Again after work, in new shoes!

Day 4:

Weekend!!! Wooo. What to wear Saab shopping?

A pretty sleeveless blouse, using Simplicity 2593.

This is made from a grey, pink & creamy/mushroomy (mushroomy?) coloured Silk.

I made it for the trip to Darwin and it worked a treat...

Ohhh what a dark and mysterious photo.... or was that just the flash not going off???

This top is comfy and will be handy in Summer :-)

 

And finally >>>

Day 5:

Same pattern again.... But in black Faille. This top goes with everything. And I mean everything!

Especially high waisted skirts and pants....

Check out the dodgy charming slouch happening in this shot haha

Posture Renay! Posture!!! 

Oh oh and The cushions.... Ten points if you can guess who made those...

And closer, so you can see the gathers and self made bias binding...

Thanks for listening peoples. And tomorrow..... I have the day off! to sew!

How is everybody going with Self Stitched September???

The Flickr Group is going off!

Have a good evening everyone, ciao now