Well, after some considerable time away from my blog I am now tentatively tiptoeing back. It's been a rather unprecedented couple of years in terms of work and big "life" changes but I'm now more determined than ever to craft!
A strategic move to a bigger house (nearly a year ago) has given me much more space to hide my wool stash. Plus I don't have to banish everyone from the house whenever I want to get my sewing machine out! I'm working on setting up my dedicated craft space in the garage, which has been slightly hampered by my procrastination in sorting out boxes from the move...
Most of my sewing endeavours (hmmm attempts is more accurate) so far have either been small-scale or rushed and stayed together more by luck than design. Despite only sewing intermittently, I hoped that I had gathered some skills along the way. So, to test that theory I signed myself up to an intermediate sewing night class - because I have such an abundance of spare time between full time work and beautiful children!?! In truth I really enjoy challenging myself, and my word I got what I'd hoped for!
The course was over 6 weeks at Tameside college and our tutor Louise was amazing! I set myself the rather ambitious target of one sewn item per fortnight. By the end of the 6 weeks I'd managed three dresses for myself, one for my daughter and a draped halterneck top. Not bad going for a novice - and they've all survived wearing and washing, which makes me indescribably happy.
I thought that blogging as I continue with my self-imposed crafting challenges would be a nice way to look back and hopefully see some progress and improvement. The first dress I completed was from the fabric bought at Abakhans in August 2013!! It might have taken a while to go from material to dress, but I was very happy with the end result...
