Sydney has experienced its hottest day since 1939 and Australia is sweltering from bush fires and off the gauge temperatures. So my sewing year has begun with a heat beating cotton tunic dress using my go to kaftan pattern Simplicity 2696.After completing the machine sewing, the finished garment looked too much like a nightdress, so I gathered up some plastic beads that my daughters used to play with when they were younger and set to work on some Indian style beading.
Totally therapeutic and much quicker than you imagine. I completed the beading over three nights of watching television.
I also have been working on a gorgeous lace mini skirt for my daughter which is waiting on zipper and hemming. I've also finished a simple bamboo tshirt for my daughter and new black skirt for myself - an exact clone of one I sewed here, but this time will more sewing expertise.
I'm not sure that I'll get much more sewing done this month as I'm going down to Tasmania for a holiday and have booked my machines in for servicing while I'm away.
I plan to cut a knit top and piece together a muslin for a jacket to keep me occupied until the machines come home. Thanks for all you encouragement about my huge to do list.
This current offering is both a kaftan and a dress. Do I deserve two ticks?!
Happy sewing.
