Here ‘Tis

See I wasn’t lying.
Miss 6 got the benefit of the first dress but Miss 8 is really happy as she got to choose what she wanted.  The girls are really happy with them.  PLease note i used the overlocker for the first time with these lovelies.
So pleased with how they turned out.

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Sewing Disaster!

Well for Miss 8 anyway.  Poor Miss 8 I carefully measured her, cut the pattern and even remembered to add the seam allowance.  Sewing it though I looked and lined it up and somehow I have made it too small.  Disaster!  She looked so upset when we realised tha it was too small even though [...]

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So many Patterns!

One of my lovely dears is having trouble buying clothes that fit her.  She likes seersucker pedal pushers.  So I have pulled out the patterns and found a pattern that should suit her.  I am going to take measurements tomorrow to ensure a good fit.
The material is washed and read to go.  The pattern is [...]

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Organisation, organisation, organisation.

The job is settling well.  I can’t believe I have only been there a couple of months.  I feel well and truly at home with a couple of very scary moments.  Not too serious, no one hurt but I thought I may be.  I find myself a campaigner of the elderly’s rights, trying to make [...]

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