Hello! I’m back with a few new things…
I had a length of raspberry cotton jersey that’s lovely quality and I wanted to make a new set of lingerie with it, but I somehow felt it boring just as it was… what do do of course but make it less boring. I decided to try my hand at some tie-dyeing…
I cut the right amount of fabric to cut a Watson set of bra plus two pairs of knickers. btw, ages ago I made the undies pattern pieces full size, and added the crotch piece to the front piece to include it, as shown above. This had made the pattern far better suited to me, and far easier to cut out and construct. I hog-tied it securely before boiling it up in a pot of navy blue dye. Definitely not boring now… in fact I’m so pleased with the pretty shapes that resulted. I forgot to lay down the back band in the above picture but remembered to check I had enough for this too before cutting!
I’m happy to report nothing new at all was bought for this set… I still have enough elastic left in my stash for maybe one or two new sets of lingerie before I’ll need to buy more, and I have lately been recycling even the hook and eye closures; although I’m aware that happy state of affairs cannot last forever! However for now it’s very satisfying to be able to make something new and pretty and functional using just what I have.
We’ve had a few birthdays in the family recently, and one little activity I did recently was to make chocolate biscuits with 3yr old Theo for his party. This was of course a delightful way to spend time! Cassie had pre-made the chocolate biscuit dough, and I helped him to roll it out and cut shapes. A few days later I whipped up a batch of icing with him, and supervised the icing and decoration. He pretty much did all this by himself.
He happened to be wearing the T-shirt I made for him late last year, so I took a quick picture of him assiduously cleaning the icing bowl… so cute and funny. I’ve never seen a bowl/plate cleaned out so thoroughly as that icing bowl!
Also, I made this green Meelup skirt and pink Booragoon top last year for my niece Tiffany, but she was a little unwell at the time when we were taking pictures for our Meelup skirt listing. We finally managed to get together for our photoshoot just recently, and here she is. Doesn’t she look lovely?! It gives both Cassie and I such joy to have family members and friends modelling our creations!
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