Quadruple whammy post of extreme excitment!
The Fashion Star Draw
Yes I finally got around to drawing the McCalls 6611 Fashion Star jacket pattern. I admit some of the delay may be due to my sewing room transforming into a complete war zone (me vs the stash – we are currently negiotating a truce).
Shut up Lizzy we don’t care about your messy sewing room just tell us who the winner is… *sniff* OK I get the hint…
The winner is… (courtesy of good old random.org)
Blogless Anna wins the chance to become a FASHION STAR!
just goes to show that karma is real! Blogless Anna sent me the most amazing length of silk DKNY last month (that’s it in the background) what goes around comes around!
And in more exciting blogging news (well exciting for me)…
I’M COMING TO LONDON IN APRIL
The gorgeous Rachel of House of Pinheiro is organising a bloggers’ meet-up on 20 April at the V&A. We can pretend to be genteel while drinking tea (with some hugging, giggling and squee-ing thrown in). Then onto Goldhawk Road where I shall be happily led astray (really ELH they made me buy it).
Anyway, hop over to House of Pinheiro as Rachel is the fabulous organiser and needs numbers etc. So if you are in London or nearby (which is pretty much anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere, after all I’m flying for 24 hours straight just to get to London, thank goodness they allow knitting needles these days) please come along, I’d love to meet you!
The gorgeous Rachel of House of Pinheiro (IRL I probably only come up to her kneecap)
So I must race off and start sewing a squillion things (I never exagerate) as I’m sure this will lead to a wardrobe crisis like no other!!
VINTAGE GOODNESS X 2
A delightful work collegue gave me the most beautiful vintage patterns this week. It was such a surprise – they were her grandmother’s. Her generosity is overwhelming. How precious are these??
Grandma’s patterns – too precious. She must have been a snappy dresser!
Grandma’s patterns – I’ve just realised what the blog accessories department is lacking! GLOVES!!
Grandma’s patterns – this one is a magazine pattern from Australian Home Journal. I just love that advert, who would have thought a rollette rolled on??
I’m so grateful to have them and can’t wait to try some of these vintage numbers out. I hope I do grandma proud.
And just before I left for Tasmania I receive the most awesome package from the Trouser Making Champion herself – Suzy Bee Sews! After my vintage Jiffy post, Suzy contacted me and asked if I would like her collection of vintage patterns that were not her size. I’m still in shock, awe and amazed. However I did pass on one of the patterns Suzy sent me to Pretty Grivenances… it was not my size and she was tweeting about making a jacket and it was just so it just seemed right to pop it into the koala canoe and send it over to her.
Patterns from Suzy Bee Sews: How cool is that skirt pattern!
Now I just adore that envelope that reads “the envelope contains ANOTHER RELIABLE DRESS PATTERN.
And what did I send to Anne?
A Coat for Anne
Can’t you just see her now, swanning about, gesturing grandly with the adorable German hounds?
As much as I loved and adored this coat… it was destined for another 🙂
And that’s what makes our sewing blogsphere so cool…
Sew Busy Lizzy 