My family came over from Canada and I don't think I had a minute to myself. It was wonderful to be surrounded by my family though, I do miss them lots.
I made a total of 10 dresses:
From left to right, a wool Lilou, blackwatch Eva dress, Merchant and Mills dress shirt, Stylish Dress book E, two basic dress from the Sewing Bee book, another M&M dress shirt, a Betty dress with a long skirt and the Cath Kidston basic dress from the GBSB.
I also made a Cambie dress from Cabbages and Roses fabric for my sister-in-law's wedding.
Out of all the dresses I made the Lilou and the blue dress shirt get the most wear. The sewing fails have to be the CK birds dress due to the terrible fit (the fabric bunches at the back) and the Betty dress as I dislike how the skirt hangs.
I also made an English paper piecing blanket from Tilda fabric for my gran.
And a homespun blanket for my mum and dad which was very well received. Sorry for the mid-make photograph, both blankets got finished very late and I did not get chance to take any proper pictures.
I also made my mum a Maggie Rabbit for her birthday (shown here with no nose or any clothes on!).
A baby blanket for my friend's baby
And below, a glasses case for my gran's birthday:
I haven't been as busy as I thought last year but I certainly made more than I remembered!
After trying my hand at sewing, crochet and knitting, sewing is definitely more my bag.
I absolutely love dressmaking and have many ideas for future makes floating around.
I'm desperate to get hold of one of those fashion books that you can draw the dresses onto the models so my ideas look a little neater.
I'm currently in the middle of making a Marianne dress and next up is a Staple dress for a class I'm teaching in February! Exciting stuff.
I hope you all had a happy new year
Amy
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