Thank you Baddesley Clinton, you treated us well! :)
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Saturday, 27 July 2013
Simple Day Out
This morning I woke up after a week off and thought to myself 'I have not stopped'. So my man took me out for the day to give me a rest. We went to a local National Trust property and had a wonder around the house and gardens. Even though this place is only 15 minutes drive from me, I have not been since I was a lot younger and he had never been! It is a lovely place, a huge 15th century house and the gardens are gorgeous! I love history and finding out all about it, this house is a really good example of that; stories of priests being murdered and hiding all over the house, a painter and the gunpowder plot, exciting! Here are some pictures from our visit :)
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
Sorbetto Blouse
Okay, so yesterday I got all excited purchasing my gingham fabric and printing my pattern out that I just plain forgot this is my first attempt at a proper garment. I still think I did pretty darn good, but there are a few obvious mistakes looking at it. But here it is!
With all this hot weather I wanted a looser top, which didn't quite go to plan, it meant extra darts which misshaped the arm holes, but not too badly! It does flare out a little at the bottom too, which is okay.
I finished it with a white trim around the collar and a little white button detail at the top of the pleat.
Look at my pleat, its a pretty straight one! Proud of that :)
Now what shall I make with my large gingham fabric? Any ideas?!
With all this hot weather I wanted a looser top, which didn't quite go to plan, it meant extra darts which misshaped the arm holes, but not too badly! It does flare out a little at the bottom too, which is okay.
I finished it with a white trim around the collar and a little white button detail at the top of the pleat.
Look at my pleat, its a pretty straight one! Proud of that :)
Now what shall I make with my large gingham fabric? Any ideas?!
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Tuesday, 23 July 2013
The Simple Things
These days life gets too busy and now, more than ever, we need to focus on the simple things, take time for ourselves and do what we want to do! One of the things I love each month is getting my copy of The Simple Things magazine. It means I can sit down and take a good hour or so to myself, reading it cover to cover. It gives me such inspiration and ideas of things that I would love to do! Living the simple life sounds pretty good, and so I am promising myself that I will do something every week that is simple and gives me some 'Me' time!
This week I decided to have a go at some sewing. I love sewing by hand, having thrown things together before but never a proper garment. I found this beautiful free pattern and went on a fabric shopping spree! I don't have many fabric stores near me, and many fabrics are just replicated from store to store. But I did come across these beautiful gingham cottons and I got so excited. I couldn't just buy the one I had to have both and they are beautiful!
Now my brain is flowing with so many ideas and I am searching the net for more patterns. The small check I think would look lovely in this top with a white trim. The bigger check would look great as a skirt maybe, or a prom style summer dress. How exciting :) Happy Zoe!
This week I decided to have a go at some sewing. I love sewing by hand, having thrown things together before but never a proper garment. I found this beautiful free pattern and went on a fabric shopping spree! I don't have many fabric stores near me, and many fabrics are just replicated from store to store. But I did come across these beautiful gingham cottons and I got so excited. I couldn't just buy the one I had to have both and they are beautiful!
Now my brain is flowing with so many ideas and I am searching the net for more patterns. The small check I think would look lovely in this top with a white trim. The bigger check would look great as a skirt maybe, or a prom style summer dress. How exciting :) Happy Zoe!
What simple things make you happy?
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Tuesday, 9 July 2013
A Day Out and a Quick Make
This weekend was so glorious and sunshiney! It was beautiful. So I had to take advantage so me and my man went for a walk along the canals in Birmingham and for lunch at a lovely Italian restaurant. It was lovely, and I only burnt a little...
I love taking a walk along the canals in Birmingham, there is so much character and history around there and the atmosphere is great.
I even treated myself to a scrummy raspberry meringue which didn't last very long.
I also made myself a little bracelet using lots of natural fibres. I love all the friendship bracelets that you can get around in the summer. But why spend £8 when you can make many for a lot less!
So I raided my stash and found five different colours of linen threads, red, orange, cream, brown and black.
To be honest you can use whatever threads to make your bracelets. My bracelet is only thin because I used these thin linen threads. I would also recommend embroidery threads. That is what most friendship bracelets are made with. I measured out 50cm of each thread twice. So in total I had 10 strands. But you could have as many colours as you fancy just make sure you do two strands of each!
Tie a knot at the top leaving enough threads at the end to be able to tie your bracelet. Then using a safety pin I pinned the threads to a cushion and spread them out, the two blacks in the centre, brown either side then cream, orange and reds on the outside.
To make the bracelet take the left red strand and move into the centre between the two blacks. Do the same with the red strand on the right side and move it over the top of the red strand in the centre, repeat with the orange strands and carry on going until you reach the desired length.
When you get to your desired length tie a knot and tie your two ends together around your or a friends wrist or ankle. I love the chevron effect and so easy with no knots or fussiness. Easy!
I love taking a walk along the canals in Birmingham, there is so much character and history around there and the atmosphere is great.
I even treated myself to a scrummy raspberry meringue which didn't last very long.
I also made myself a little bracelet using lots of natural fibres. I love all the friendship bracelets that you can get around in the summer. But why spend £8 when you can make many for a lot less!
So I raided my stash and found five different colours of linen threads, red, orange, cream, brown and black.
To be honest you can use whatever threads to make your bracelets. My bracelet is only thin because I used these thin linen threads. I would also recommend embroidery threads. That is what most friendship bracelets are made with. I measured out 50cm of each thread twice. So in total I had 10 strands. But you could have as many colours as you fancy just make sure you do two strands of each!
Tie a knot at the top leaving enough threads at the end to be able to tie your bracelet. Then using a safety pin I pinned the threads to a cushion and spread them out, the two blacks in the centre, brown either side then cream, orange and reds on the outside.
To make the bracelet take the left red strand and move into the centre between the two blacks. Do the same with the red strand on the right side and move it over the top of the red strand in the centre, repeat with the orange strands and carry on going until you reach the desired length.
When you get to your desired length tie a knot and tie your two ends together around your or a friends wrist or ankle. I love the chevron effect and so easy with no knots or fussiness. Easy!
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