Justine J

Masha – so glad to hear that he is improving – have been thinking of you all. And so good to hear that you have plenty of support x

Masha – so glad to hear that he is improving – have been thinking of you all. And so good to hear that you have plenty of support x

Oh, Masha….sending love and positive thoughts for all of you xx

Oh, Masha….sending love and positive thoughts for all of you xx

They do sell Manchester/homewards online, V, but not fabric. I think you can mail order catalogue fabric though – but only from the current catalogue…

Timely thread – my (paper! Woohoo!) patterns arrived this afternoon and I was just reading the FBA directions on this – step 5 says to end the dart about 1″ from the marked apex, which seemed strange to me – but I guess your issue is why, Sarvi

And I have been hankering after a woman’s trench pattern a la the Secret Agent 🙂

And here are the ones Peta made and that I totally copied being modeled:

And here are the ones I totally copied being modeled:

I’ve made these for my boys – they make great boy pants. The rise is not an issue:

Nicole posted about her lengthened trousers here:

http://fiveandcounting-motherof5.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/art.html?m=1

And agree with Cat75 – good point about crotch length

I use the same ‘pin’ method as Shelley. And @lightningmcstitch – re notches – my mother taught me to always cut my notches out rather than in – much safer 🙂

We’re having a quiet weekend here – today (Good Friday) we’re taking the kids to the Royal Easter Show (Ag show) – but they are more excited by the idea of rides and show bags rather than seeing the animals etc ;-). We have dinner at my parents’ every Sunday, so nothing different there. Hoping to do lots of sewing over the weekend – and over the…[Read more]

We’re having a quiet weekend here – today (Good Friday) we’re taking the kids to the Royal Easter Show (Ag show) – but they are more excited by the idea of rides and show bags rather than seeing the animals etc ;-). We have dinner at my parents’ every Sunday, so nothing different there. Hoping to do lots of sewing over the weekend – and over the…[Read more]

@mcholley1 – ditto!

….I just did the conversion – 50F is 10C – that is seriously middle of winter at its worst for me, and for anyone else who lives in a moderate climate. I’d be moving if 50F was a normal summer temp!

I’d go a dress in a pretty floral fabric (and you do Liberty so well, MC!) – long sleeves and a cardi – and seconding Nicole’s call for a singlet.…[Read more]

Ha! That is the suburb next to me – anyone want me to pick it up for them?? (& hey, who is the fellow O+S sewer who lives so close to me?)