Today was the DH’s birthday so I put together the sponge cake {yes, I baked another one} with Blackberry jam this time, because that is his favourite jam. We had lunch with his family which was lovely.
I also went to Revolve and did some serious thrifting ~ more on that later, as well as starting my very first sewing project!! After that rather busy day, DH and I went to the cinema to celebrate. We saw Toy Story 3 and it was good! Not a bad sequel and better than number 2 as well. Good fun.
Sooo, where to start?
Well, the cake went down well ~ thankfully. I think he liked it, but I want to make a chocolate cake as well for Sunday lunch with my family. My family tend to celebrate birthdays over a few days ~ sometimes with three or four different things on different days just to enjoy the birthday that the fun that it brings.
Ok. And Revolve. Now, for a bit of a back story. I found a new craft idea that I am dying to try out, so I went to Revolve with the purpose of buying men’s shirts. I am not going to tell you anything more about the craft project. You are just going to have to wait and see.
Anyway, because this is Revolve I didn’t end up with just men’s shirts. Oh no. This is my floor at the moment.
I found way too many cool things to put them all up, but I will post some more pictures when I get the chance. In the mean time, here’s a few more quick shots.
My sewing project is going really well so far. Firstly, my Guru and I decided to do the panda pants instead of the skirt as they are actually far more easier to start with than the wool skirt I am planning. And they are designed to be around the house wear so it’s a great starting point to gain some confidence as it’s not like they have to be perfect {just comfy} for lounging around in!
So this afternoon I cut, serged {zig-zag stitched the raw edge as the fabric is flannelette which will fray if not ‘treated’} and attached the pocket to each leg. It doesn’t sound like much, but it took me a couple of hours to get that far. I was actually quite happy with my first efforts. Even though my cutting was terrible to start with, it did get better {straight and on the edge of the pattern thank you!} and I managed to sew the pockets on without supervision as my awesome instructor had an appointment to keep and said “Go for it!”. So I did. And I don’t think there were any disasters! Although we will have to wait for her inspection.
Photo time!
I am dead tired as it is now 11:41pm, which is hours past my bedtime, and it’s happened for the umpteenth night in a row. *dies* Goodnight.
xox,
b.
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