This weeks makes

This week I have managed to finish four items.

From the material I bought in India I have finished one of the dresses and a scarf.  Just as the weather is turning warm and the hope of summer is in the air.

Before cutting out the pattern pieces I didn't check the width of the sleeves.  They are too narrow for me to get my arms in and the shoulders end up just above my elbows.  I haven't got fat arms, but it was a pattern I hadn't tried before.  How many times do I tell my students to measure twice?  So I will be taking the sleeves out and having a sleeveless dress.  I don't have any spare material to make anymore sleeves.  I love how the material has been printed giving a beautiful border around the bottom.

If you are wondering what Neve is up to at the moment and how big she is, you can just see one of her paws in the above picture.  But here she is in full.  

The window behind her is my sewing room, and on sunny days she loves to lie on the table and watch me through the window.  I have even had the window open a couple of times and she puts her head through and falls asleep.  

I hemmed the scarf material, not much of a boast, but here it is.

This week some material I ordered came.  From The Little Button Co, it is upholstery weight cotton covered in Yorkshire sayings.  Check them out, they have some lovely gifts and fabric for sale.  This photograph was taken after I had washed it at 60 degs and it had no colour runs and was easy to iron.

So far I have made two aprons, but I only managed to take a photograph of one because my mum took hers before I could photograph it.

From the left over material I hope to make a couple of flat caps, one for me and hubby and a cushion cover.

I've been busy, but not sew you would know!

Over the summer I have been unable to sew.

This is the reason why

Her name is Neve and she is a German Shepherd.  She belongs to our local police force and we are fostering her until May/June next year.

With a puppy around I was unable to lay out any material, or sit still for any length of time.  But she is growing fast, just take a look:-

This is her during a camping trip to Wales in July, aged 2 months

Enjoying playing with our dog Red, aged 3 months

Getting her to sit still for a couple of minutes

At 5 months she is growing fast

She has now calmed down enough for me to do some sewing, and will gladly go to sleep under my sewing table with Red.  Well, actually, I think she is sleeping, but she is pinching things and chewing them - like cotton reels, shuttles and I even caught her with a pair of scissors!

But we are persevering and last week I completed 2 items of clothing.  I will post these soon.