Tuesday 30 July 2013

Rowanne's dress.

Today's sewing project was going to be PE bags. However Rowanne spotted some fabric she liked on the pile and asked (begged) me to sew her a sun dress. A long dress too!
Here it is so far:

Ribbon shoulder ties.

A little gold ric-rac trim at the hem.

It's very simply constructed and as it turns out a bit too long, I have plans to add an elastic waistband to finish it properly.

I have about 36 days left to get the PE bags sewn, though Lily would like a skirt next!

Monday 29 July 2013

Virtual Hide'n'Seek

I asked the girls what they were playing on the iPads. Turns out it was virtual Hide'n'Seek within the game Minecraft. First they built a huge mansion and then one player looks away from their screen while the other players hide.
I'm all for virtual games, there's very little tidying up to do afterwards!

See here an article about Minecraft classes being put on the school curriculum in Sweden for its educational value:
Minecraft put on Swedish school curriculum.
Also here a link to a brief explanation of the Minecraft game:
Minecraft Explained

Sunday 28 July 2013

I completed a sewing project!

Today I sewed a tablecloth!
I have had the fabric for a few months and hadn't got round to threading my sewing machine with the correct colour thread, or winding the bottom thread bobbin.
I'm not all that familiar with my sewing machine, or sewing. Even straight hems are a challenge.



I spent lots of time ironing the hems, and re-reading instructions for mitred corners!
The sewing was relatively fast after all the preparation.
I enjoyed the mitred corner challenge, this is my best one:






The finished article definitely looks home-made but its perfectly good to use and I'm very proud that I accomplished what I set out to do.




Saturday 27 July 2013

Welcome rain!

It rained at last, I hope this washed a little pollen from the skies.


We have all been taking antihistamines due to the spectacularly high pollen count that accompanied the heat wave.
It's not often we feel thankful for rain here!




Saturday 20 July 2013

Mudeford

A lovely beach trip to Mudeford. The heat wave has cooled a little (only about 25 degrees C today).