6 months Update

Well it's been around 6 months that I last posted anything and so much has happened!!!

On a personal level, I am pleased to announce that I am currently 30 weeks pregnant! It's our first and we are very excited! The baby is due the begining of December.

Workwise, I have been working freelance from home designing and sewing, I have made some wedding outfits, which I will post soon and am currently working on a wedding dress for November.

Working from home has been a blessing. I found the first trimester of pregnancy challenging as I was constantly tired and was nauseous. This settled in the second trimester and now I'm in my third, the tiredness has crept up a little again, but thankfully all tests and scans show the baby is doing really well.

I do intend to continue this blog, althought to be honest, alot will depend on how I get on in my new role of being a mum.

Apologies......

So sorry that I have been out of action in posting for so long! My mega wedding took place on Saturday and despite the fact that I still have one more wedding to do for September, I am feeling really relieved to have acomplished it. 8 bridesmaid dresses, plus the brides dress! Pictures will be posted soon.

In the meantime, have a great Monday! X

Work In Progress

I think I have mentioned before that I tend to work on several things at once. At the moment I am desperately trying to make, photograph and upload more items for my Etsy shop. I have lots of ideas swimming around my head, but I don't seem to have enough time in the evening to get them all completed.

Having sold the only Tasha banded dress I made for my Etsy shop, I am now making an emerald green one. I didn't have any more of the same black fabric, so I decided as it was now getting warmer, it would be a better idea to make it in a colour. I could have bought some more standard black jersey and remake it, but part of my policy at the moment is to use the mountain of fabric I have collected over the years instead of buying anymore new ones.

I'm glad I am making this in a colour now as you can see alot more of the detail and style in this colour than in the original black version. To complete this dress, it needs the sleeves to be attached and the hems to be done.

It is a really versatile dress. It can be worn as a top or mini dress with leggings or jeans or as a regular short dress with tights in Winter or bare legs in Summer. I have worn my all throughout Winter with a long sleeve sweater or a cardigan and opaque tights and shall certainly continue to wear it in Summer.

Apart from making Etsy things, I have been commissioned for another brides dress. I will be holding an initial consultation this evening and will keep you posted on my progress.

Have a lovely evening. X

Wedding Outfit - Mother Of The Groom

In an earlier post I mentioned I was working on some wedding outfits...well, here are some pictures of one of the dresses. It's for The Mother Of The Groom.

I didn't choose the fabric or the style - the client did this, I merely made the patterns and sewed it. I am really pleased with how it came out.

The fabric is beautiful; it is a stiff chiffon with a lovely embroidered flower design throughout and gold small sequins attached. The lining is a basic silk satin in yellow.
One side of the fabric had a lovely embroidered scalloped edge and I managed to cut the pattern to incorporate the scalloped hem on the dress.

I made the shawl (partly shown in image number 4) out of the chiffon but without the lining because this outfit is for a wedding in Mauritius, so it will be fairly hot.

On the Etsy front, remember I set a little goal of making 5 more items to take my inventory to 20 by the 20th? well I have made 3 so far with 1 sitting on my machine to be sewn and I am hoping to cut out the last one when I finish posting this.

Just a random thing, yesterday and today it snowed in London. I wonder if we will have a white Christmas? We are due for 4" of snow tonight and if it settles, I will share some pictures with you.

Have a lovely evening.
X