Saturday 27th Nov

Snow Snow Snow!!!! Today I should have been taking samples and things over to Danby Castle ready for the wedding Fayre tommorow, but yeaterday it was cancelled!! I spent three days this week making a silk dupion 1950's inspired wedding gown. However I had been meaning to do it for months so at least i have it now!! I was amused to see in Grazia on friday the bookies favourite design for Kate Middletions dress looked remarkably similar lol!! I wanted to design a simple elegant ball gown style dress that would set off a hand made rossette corsage i had made with crystal and pearl buttons and beads, sevarla of which are probably as old as I am!

 The design was sketche dfrom my head and I used a 1952 pattern as the basis for cutting it. I added a long waist sash which can be worn in a variety of ways, with or without a bow etc. It could also be made with a contrasting sash. It is fulled boned and lined. The pics show it with a fabulous marabou shrug from Sasso. I LOVE their stuff!!! I made the sample in a size 20 I know it would have looked much more vintage in the pics if it was more nipped in a the waist, but not many of my customers have a 1952 sillouette!
 They must have had seriuos underwear then as if I use vintage patterns to cut from i have to add 2 inches to the waist on nearly all sizes!

Ooops nearly forgit to tell you what I did instead!! I cleared ot my daughters bedroom to make room for Santas forthcoming trip!! I will not tell you what disgusting and weird things you find down the side of a six year old girls bed!!!! We had a good sort out found loads of missing bits and bobs and filled four sacks for charity and 2 sacks of rubbish. I then carried on the same task in the playroom, and then after my tea as if 9 hours of sorting had not been enough, I cleared out my 3 year olds room too- whilst he was asleep, because i could not take anymore "Please can I keep that I love it!!" Yep so much that you forgot it was even here under the bed, back of a drawer etc etc