A pinny

After being a WIP for what seems like months*, I finished my Clothkit pinny today! After successfully negotiating button holes, I'd been having palpitations about hems for a good couple of weeks, but finally just got on with it and did it today after lunch. Once that was over and done with, all that was left was sewing the buttons on. And I already KNOW I can do that.

So here it is. Finished! And hanging on our mulberry tree.

Yes, I'm feeling rather chuffed! You'd think that feeling warm and fuzzy would be enough to motivate me to work faster. Maybe next time?

And an added bonus: As I was taking the pictures, I realised there was some ripe mulberries on the tree, so I picked them before the birds. For a change. Yum!

*Not quite - I just checked and I started it on 28th September. This blogging thing can actually keep me accountable!

A clothkit!

A few weeks ago a parcel arrived in the mail from Lark containing a very nifty package!

Inside was a clothkit, which includes everything you need to make a particularly cute pinafore.

It includes the fabric, some lovely lining fabric, buttons, cotton, instructions, and even some tags.

The best bit is that the pattern is printed directly onto the fabric, which will hopefully eliminate some of the cutting 'challenges' I seem to have ;-)

I still probably need to find some decent scissors though. Any suggestions for what I should be looking for?

P.S. The bag is still going: straps were attached today (the right way now, after putting one on wrongly at first - need to pay closer attention to the instructions...), and the flap is nearly ready to be attached to the body. Yay for (slow) progress!