Sew Darn Tired

It's a long time since I've put up a post but I have been sewing a bit.  First up a pair of Indigo togs from  Sinclair Patterns . This was a voucher that they gave for a gift bag for the Spoolettes Frocktails 2023. So made in Feb this year. I used remnants of dance lycra - bright green back, hot pink front and white straps and white lining. I loved them. I put a clip in the back that isn't part of the pattern - not hard to do I just snipped it and sewed each side of the clip on.  The Indigo is a great pattern and I liked it because it has regular and full bust options. I really loved these togs. They fit well, were really comfortably and were bright and happy. I only got to wear them a few times. I left them on the hook on the back of the pool door and called them to say I'll get them the next few days (I'm a member and go every Sunday) and they told me they'd hold them at the desk. I went in and after a lot of back and forth and days of not knowing what happen

I promised this post in March! Fabrics from Euro1 per metre! I didn't buy anything in this shop but there was some lovely fabrics. I did buy the green and pink one above on the right. A satin finish rayon. It is lovely. There was a lot of lovely fabrics in this shop. It wasn't cheap Euro 8 p.m. but I didn't have a lot of room in my bag and I wanted something I would really love. I also didn't buy anything in Paris this time. I did buy the  fabric for a table cloth  just across the way from this shop. I also bought some orange/white weave linen fabric for Euro 4 p.m. at another shop, which I think I'll make some summer trousers with.  As I was going to the airport, I saw this dress on the platform and I really liked it. Very easy to do too, I went to the  Benaki Museum  while in Athens. There is actually 2 locations. In this one I saw lots of Greek and Cypriot cultural crafts. This was a bridal bed in Crete. There was lots of clothing, embroidery and gold jewellery.

(this post has been in my drafts since July 2022 due to life circumstances. I'm just going to write just a little and then just show some photos)  My friend worked on a  Superyacht  for many years and through this connection was offered a friends and family deal on a river cruise in Europe. It was a deal too good to miss even though it wouldn't have been a first choice for me for a holiday. She had done this trip before but during the winter  taking in the Christmas markets. We were going in June 2022. We decided to have 5 nights in Paris (where I'd been 5 times before) and 2 nights in Amsterdam where my friend lived for 2 years in her youth.  We flew into Frankfurt... not because we wanted to but because these were the only flights we could get but we worked with it. Remember great deal! So ok, a short (5hr), fast ride on the ICE/TGV trains got us to Paris eventually (one was late which missed the connection to the earlier TGV but there was one a bit after). We knew that w