First cab off the rank was a skirt I had in mind. I bought the pattern and fabric when in Perth last and was relying on instruction from Milly to sew it up.
They arrived Friday afternoon and the cousins were delighted to see each other. Saturday morning Milly brought to my attention that Spotlight had a 40% off sale and perhaps an emergency dash was required. Richard was appalled and informed us we'd spend more on petrol than we would save at Spotlight. I don't think he realised how much we intended to buy to get a decent saving!
So we farmed out the kids, Sam and Matilda went trucking with Richard, Elizabeth and Angus went to Mums tasked with looking after William and Henry and George came with us.
We had a lovely old time and got some fabulous fabrics. I picked several just to boost my stash, some binding for the pastel quilt and some more skirt fabric.
The only down side to the trip was the loss of 6 hours sewing time! We got home and immediately set to rectifying the situation.
We bought this super cute people fabric and a contrasting red polka dot to make a small ironing pad each. We both own a small iron that we use for piecing work so we don't have to get up and trek to the laundry all the time.
These we the skirts we both made from a very simple pattern. Mine is the fine paisley cord at the rear and Milly's is the stripe one at the front.
My niece also joined us on the sewing bender and made herself several mini skirts.
This is the other skirt I made myself. The fabric was beautiful but the skirt didn't quite come off how I imagined.
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