A few weeks ago now, I decided I needed an Etsy fix. Etsy is like an enormous on-line craft market and has been a life saver for me in terms of buying decent fabrics. I spend endless hours window shopping and trying to think of reasons why I just have to have that piece of material, or that fabulous yard of ribbon or flowery bias binding. Oooh, I love flowery bias binding.
Anyway, I ended up ordering Grand Revival's Stella apron from Fashioned by Meg and some fabrics from Vintage Chic Boutique and Freshly Squeezed Fabrics, and was itching to sew as soon as I'd placed the orders. But of course, everything takes time and comes from the USA so I was pacing the living room in anticipation of the postman for what felt like ages.
The pattern arrived first and I was so desperate to sew that I ended up going to Cath Kidson and buying a remnant of beige spotty furnishing fabric to do a trial run. It was a bit of a disastrous trip actually, because they were still in the middle of their January sale so I ended up with two bags as well. Bags and me are a bit of a dangerous combination to be honest. I can't say I'm a big fan of CK's floral stuff, but there was a blue spotty bag that just wouldn't let me leave the shop without it.
I had to hang it on the back door to get a decent amount of light.
Anyway, the parcel arrived and I found the time to cut out the pattern and start making some bias binding, (just out of plain calico), and then life got in the way, and I had to do More Important Things (apparently there are such things but I am not convinced) so I've spent the whole week not sewing, which was very frustrating indeed.
But there is a silver lining to the cloud. I had to tidy up, and there were half knitted Things all over the living room - my excuse is that they're all works in progress. They are. Really. So I just had to make something to put them all in, which can stay in the living room but enable people to sit on the sofa. I used the rest of my CK fabric and despite several fights between me, the Vilene lining, and several hundred pins, I think the result was worth the blood shed.
And it holds everything.
And it looks nice. So I think I am happy. Now back to my apron and the bias binding. I'll let you know how I progress.
Anyway, I ended up ordering Grand Revival's Stella apron from Fashioned by Meg and some fabrics from Vintage Chic Boutique and Freshly Squeezed Fabrics, and was itching to sew as soon as I'd placed the orders. But of course, everything takes time and comes from the USA so I was pacing the living room in anticipation of the postman for what felt like ages.
The pattern arrived first and I was so desperate to sew that I ended up going to Cath Kidson and buying a remnant of beige spotty furnishing fabric to do a trial run. It was a bit of a disastrous trip actually, because they were still in the middle of their January sale so I ended up with two bags as well. Bags and me are a bit of a dangerous combination to be honest. I can't say I'm a big fan of CK's floral stuff, but there was a blue spotty bag that just wouldn't let me leave the shop without it.
I had to hang it on the back door to get a decent amount of light.
Anyway, the parcel arrived and I found the time to cut out the pattern and start making some bias binding, (just out of plain calico), and then life got in the way, and I had to do More Important Things (apparently there are such things but I am not convinced) so I've spent the whole week not sewing, which was very frustrating indeed.
But there is a silver lining to the cloud. I had to tidy up, and there were half knitted Things all over the living room - my excuse is that they're all works in progress. They are. Really. So I just had to make something to put them all in, which can stay in the living room but enable people to sit on the sofa. I used the rest of my CK fabric and despite several fights between me, the Vilene lining, and several hundred pins, I think the result was worth the blood shed.
And it holds everything.
And it looks nice. So I think I am happy. Now back to my apron and the bias binding. I'll let you know how I progress.
