It is school holidays here till the end of this week. Last week on Wednesday, my son woke up and asked me to make a very specific piece. Son - "Mum, can you make me a cape. no not a cape, a cloak? Today?" Me - "Of course. Like with a hood?" Son - "Yes, it needs a hood, but no buttons or things to close it in the front - just whole. Oh, it needs to be red and it needs to have a lot of drape." What???? Drape? Did I hear my son correctly? Now, I just want to point out, my son is like any other boy/man when it comes to fabric and fabric shops - boring, do I have to go etc, etc, etc. I have never said drape to my son.. maybe he heard me but I don't get to talk sewing in front of him very often but I was very pleased and impressed that he knew what he wanted and how he wanted it to behave. Off to Trad's to pick up some cheap fabric hopefully in his vision colour! Yay for Trad's perfect fabric at $4.95 per metre - we took 3. (w...
A record of my fabric and pattern collection (which I sometimes use) and what I do with any spare time I have.