Last week I had grand plans to get the sewing machine out and make a tunic.
I had the fabric and the pattern, and that's as far as it got.
The Arum dress.
A simple pattern with no sleeve fitting { hate setting sleeves}
Had the butterfly fabric but decided I dont like it any more { taste has changed}{ trouble with stashing},so nipped to Fabric land and bought some cheap cotton, £3.99 pr metre , cant go wrong.
I am definitely moving towards blues and greens.
And there it sat, all week, whilst I stressed about the job.
Enough, today I got up off my worry chair and cut the pattern out. Yes I am a pattern cutter, as I am a large lady if I ever lose weight its easy enough to cut it down if I want to make another. The fabric has been washed, all it needs is an iron and I am ready to cut it out. I have bought a rotary cutter and a lovely pink cutting board, I even bought matching threads! There really is no excuse now not to get at least one done, I am thinking I may start with the Peacock fabric. Strange that both fabrics I choose had a bird theme.
Garden planning was also on the agenda today, we headed down to a lovely little garden centre in Bristol, boy was it busy all you need is some sun and everyone is out buying plants. I understand why, its a great little garden centre with a great cafe, they were queuing out of the door so we missed out on a coffee. The garden centre also has a great view down the river into the city centre
I love the colours of the houses alongside the river, then we had a lovely drive home along under the bridge.No matter how many times I drive along here I always enjoy it, no matter what the weather. This is also my commute route so I generally get to see the bridge most days !
During the hound years our garden was a dog playground, nothing survived, not event the grass. Now we are houndless we have started to plant again. We have loads of pots and a veg patch but nothing else. We had a dead corner that we have now cleared of Junk and I really wanted something that would bring some colour. I did want a tree but as we are only going to be here 1-2 more years didn't want to spend a fortune. We ended up with a trailing white hydrangea which will be planted in the corner at the end of the garden and a small white magnolia which will go in a large blue pot. That will be taken with us when we move. Hoping to get them planted later. Strange that I wanted a pop of colour but choose white!
Now I am going to go enjoy the rest of the sunshine whilst waiting for everyone else to come home. Sunday afternoons are for piano lessons and granddad visiting !
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