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Wow. The wardrobe in my bedroom at home appears to be a GOLDMINE! I found this dark emerald green floor length skirt that was part of an Indian dress I used to wear as a kid. For some strange reason, it's actually slightly too big round my waist. Eek. Anyway, the fabric is so gorgeous, I'm thinking of cutting the bottom of the skirt so it comes up to just above my knee. And attempt to sew a massive black tulle underskirt that's just a little bit longer so it peeks out and I end up with a massive poofy skirt.

And as an added bonus, the shawl that came with it is made from the same material and there might be enough to make a skin tight pencil skirt.

Today I bought The Sewing Book by Alison Smith. And got a couple of quids knocked off the price just because the sleeve jacket had a tiny rip in it. I think I'm in love with said book as I can actually understand the instructions and the diagrams are actually helpful. Plus there was a whole section on fabrics and how they're constructed :D

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Hello there Christmas Eve! After continual raping of central heating, I finally have running water. As a result of said raping, the house is so swelteringly hot, I can walk around the house in short shorts. Even though my legs have mysterious bruises up and down them and a horrible rash from being itchy.

I wish my boyfriend was here right now because I'm online shopping at New Look and usually get him to make a final decision when I'm finding it hard to pick something. Ended up buying this, this and this. Slightly dubious about the dress. Hopefully it turns out that it's actually really nice. Because I really want to sew a faux fur capelet to go over the top of it. My head has literally been racing with different colours of fur, fastenings, ribbon and linings. Wish I had my sewing doodle book on me right now! It's definitely going to be sleeveless. And sitting around the shoulder.

Very proud of myself that I remembered to defrost the turkey. Unfortunately, I forgot brussel sprouts [nobody likes them anyway] and the crackers. Uh oh.

#1

Decided to start over again so I could primarily focus on trying to start a craft related blog. As I am typing, I have just realised that HobbyCraft now have an online shop. I have put my debit card in the trusted hands of someone else. You know, just in case. But looking at buttons and ribbons makes me a little bit excited. When I was a child and visiting my maternal grandma, she had a room JUST FOR SEWING. That's my dream. With plenty of floorspace for unfolding fabrics, pinning and cutting. My student room in Sheffield is not so great for this as it is tiny. I was always transfixed by the jam jar of buttons she kept on the windowsill. To be quite honest, I still am. Then I would sit on the floor, empty out all the mismatch buttons, and arrange them into groups according to size, shape and colour.

Christmas is supposed to be a good time to find some creative inspiration. However, it's rather difficult to be inspired when you've been dumped with your two younger brothers and left over the holidays, your considerably better half is far, far away at home when you're too used to walking fifteen minutes to see him, and the pipes have burst and the house is flooded. Oh and did I mention the sub zero temperatures?! I'm only fast approaching 22, but already winter makes me feel so frail.

Recently, I've been looking at a lot of vintage and kitsch homeware things. Probably because I have a real grown up persons house for next year and I am secretly excited. Last night I was talking kitchen appliances with a friend. I got very enthusiastic about a particular hand blender I wanted for making soups. I think at this point, my friend and I suddenly felt quite old.