thanks to Alissa and Anna for setting this up... I used to do mainly hand sewing but I'm on my way to conquering my machine. I did a class for most of this year and know some of the basics now, definitely have to work on my finishing skills. I still find commercial patterns a bit of a challenge as I quite like figuring out how to make something by myself.
My main goal is to find a nice pattern to make a dress using this fabric,
which belonged to my great aunt, I think it's silk. I love it and don't want to go chopping it up until I'm sure I can make something worthy of it!! Also it should be a retro pattern to reflect the fact that it's vintage fabric. There's about 4 yards of it but it's only 45 wide I think. I'd quite like to try this pattern but I'm not the smallest of girls so I don't know if I'd have enough material.My other goal is to stop dressing in slobbing-about-the-house clothes, which is something that's very easy to do since I went freelance and don't have to go to the office any more. So pretty skirts and cute vintage tops (I'm thinking cowl necks and crepes, drapey elegant things) are the order of the day!
Also I seem to be obsessed with polka dots at the moment - which always seem retro to me!
I've got visitors coming from a week from the 1st but will try to check back to find out what the first theme is.