Rachel Lamb Bridal Design

...but we were cosy indoors with our cups of tea, chocolate biscuits and sewing machines. A big thanks to everyone who came to the sewing workshop two weeks ago, it was very successful.  This was the first of these sewing days and it was aimed at complete beginners, although the group was a mixed bag of folk - some with experience and others with none at all, and it worked out really well. There was opportunity to just get to know your sewing machine...sounds like an obvious thing, but very important for building confidence to just have a go at something. And to share tips, encouragement, general gossip and frustrations about topstitching with the rest of the group! I shall run this workshop again - it shall be called 'Workshop 1' until I can think of a more interesting title! 'Workshop 2' is also in embryo and I shall post details of that as soon as I've worked out what we will cover and the dates available. So if you're interested in learning to sew, ...

...of stuff in preparation for my 1st sewing workshop taking place this Saturday. Who knew cutting out approximately 500 rectangles of calico could be so relaxing? :) It really is! Probably because its such a repetitive task with very little chance of error... Loads of stuff going on around here at the moment, some of which I can't share yet, so please forgive the long gaps between posts. I am still alive, still making and very busy! As anyone who actually makes things for a living knows, it takes 'real time' to do it; blogging about it afterwards is a luxury for me, but sadly one that has to wait until a gap in the proceedings to be done, so do keep checking back when the mood takes you.