BossyOz

During the last week I've tested a new pattern for bags. I am hoping to finish these off soon, so I can  donate them to the Easter fair at the Swedish Church in London. Both of the bags have a fixed shoulder strap, a small inside pocket, green lining and pleats on the front. The fabric is thick and was given to me by a neighbour and I believe it has been used for curtains in her house.

The work with the pall for the Swedish Church in London is progressing, slowly. I published a photo of the middle section, the road, in October ( click for entry ). At the moment we are working on the four areas around the road, each representing a season. As everything is hand sewn it is a rather slow process, but great fun! Our latest thinking is that we should try to focus the summer season on blue, yellow and red to make sure they all match each other. Some of the "flowers" in the picture above has therefore been moved to other seasons or been put in the "perhaps" pile. A rough count in the photos shows that we have stitched together a little over 500 hexagons, plus the road; someone mentioned that we probably need around 2000...

This is the pirate dress that I made for the little girl at her brother's pirate themed birthday party next weekend, or perhaps it isn't... my husband asked me if this was the mock-up when he saw it... not a good sign.

I met up with some of the ladies from the sewing club earlier this week to get some more fabric for the hexagon pall we are slowly making by hand. Being in a fabric store, I couldn't resist getting some fabric for myself too... With a pirate themed birthday party coming up, I bagged two different pirate fabrics. They also had some sweet dino and whale fabrics, and some timeless flowers and love hearts.