I was good at sports and represented the state in numerous sports, but now thanks to MS I cannot do any of the sports I once loved.
So I am now trying new activities!!
We brought a pottery wheel because I thought it would help my hands and I like the idea of being able to use it. Well I tried it a few times and now it takes pride of place in our shed.
I thought about tapestry, went out and brought a lovely country design with all the wool etc that I needed, tried it and found it difficult to hold the needle!
Next was knitting. I brought a pattern book which has some gorgeous items to make, I started a scarf and again found it to hard to hold the knitting needles!!!
I then said to Lord Huntingdon I wanted a sewing machine, his response was "will it be like the pottery wheel etc..."
To cut a long story short 2 days later I had a sewing machine, complete with patterns, material, odds and bobs etc to make something. But what?
Well today I made something which I thought would be a little easier than the plastic bag holder I made a little while back.
I made a half apron as all 1950`s housewives had at least 1.
It wasn't too bad considering I forgot how to thread the machine!
This was fixed after about 1 hour of cursing at it, calming down with a coffee and trying again and again....
I had drawn a picture of what I wanted to achieve and then I tried to get it straight in my head, such as what I needed to sew first etc..
I was going really well and feeling like I was getting somewhere when I realised that I had sewn the opening to the pockets up side down!!
It was then that I got to know all about the quick - un - pick.
Although I have no idea why they call it that as I didn't find it quick at all!!!
I then sat down and pinned where the pockets should go and up the right way, you see I didn't do that step earlier as I thought pinning was a waste of time!!
Clearly unpinning is more of a waste of time so now I have learnt to pin!!!
Here is my finished apron, feel free to point out what to do and what not to do but don't be too hard!!
I appreciate the feedback as I would like to learn more!!
Hi Melissa, well that's a lovely apron currently posing as a chair cover! I checked out our fantastic newsagency this morning but there only appears to be one magazine that had a hint of the 1950s! Maybe I'll try the op shops here because they may well have some interesting things that would be of interest to you. I think that some people here in country Victoria are still wearing their 1950s gear, but I'll try to persuade them to give it up! In fact, the fashions in the haberdashery store (yes! I kid you not, they still exist!) looked very 1950s to me! Perhaps left over from the era. The magazine was one that you mentioned to me, but it looked fabulous and even included a dress pattern! Happy sewing.... You're doing a great job! Xxxx
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The fashion sounds interesting in the haberdashery store, maybe I should come for a visit and havea look, especially if it still has the prices of the 1950`s!! Many of the dresses I am buying at the moment are all around the $180-$220 price. Very expensive but I am loving them which makes it hard not to buy them when you don`t have much choice of where you can purchase them. I do have a few dress patterns which I purchased from spotlght but am yet to try making them, I think I am afraid a failing so I keep putting it off!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the confidence boost:)
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