A bit of sewing and a bit of time dreaming of farms. Adding to my shopping list at the North Somerset Country Show. We’d have to include a vintage tractor too, on our farm. I have a bit of a soft spot for tractors (here). Ah, dreams. In the meantime, […]
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KCW – days 4 – 7
Seven days later and the poppy tunic is all stitched up. Yeh! Hey! It worked. The fabric perspective is preserved. Distant poppies at the top, with the close up poppies at the hem. After much consultation, both of us agreed that we needed a red band. Seems like even in […]
Read moreKCW – day 1, 2 and 3 – all in one
Playing catchup with Kid’s clothes week yesterday, after my slow start. I gave myself a bit of a challenge. I fell in love with poppy fabric intended for a quilt. Something about it shouted out tunic rather than patchwork. From the middle, the fabric starts with a poppy field in […]
Read moreKCW – the …. slightly delayed….start
As most experienced mothers know, the time to worry is when you cannot hear your children and you should be able to. That’s when they’re up to something that they really shouldn’t be doing and it’s time to intervene. There’s a happy window with a sound range that starts at […]
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