Holiday stitching

.....just thought I had better upload the pics of things I made over the school holiday....

mainly a dress for 'my birthday' :)

It was fabric I had bought in November, the company were offering free postage, so how could I refuse!! It was from a rather lovely Scandanavian homewear company, hus and hem......just lovely.

When the fabric arrived, It was so much like clothkits, I was sooooo happy. :)

Clothkits were a uk company in the 70's, you ordered pre printed fabric and then made up your own clothes - dreamy - they have recently relaunched!! BEWARE - THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR A MOTHER OF A YOUNG CHILD CATHEINE - YOUR HUSBAND WILL NOT LIKE ME FOR SHOWING YOU THIS LINK!!! :)

So.....this was the dress, I have made 4 versions over the last few months. There are more in my head. The pattern was from a fatface dress I had for a few years which finnally wore out last year and I needed more in my life. It has no zips and no buttons, so I can put it together in about 3 hours if pushed. Yippee!

The trim fabric is from a Liberty range, for the Victoria and Albert museum in London. There was THE most amazing exhibition last year of quilts from the last 300 years. They produced a range of repro quilt fabrics, I had to buy some, it was the law!!

......and then this morning, I had a quiet sewing class and decided to make a needle case for all those stray packets of needles hanging around in my various sewing boxes. The flowers were already stitched for another UFO so I borrowed them and put them on the needle book.

I am now thinking I could make some to sell perhaps?