Geometric shapes

Hi Everyone,

Just a couple of interesting little gifs which show easy ways of creating shapes for pattern cutting if you don't have any kind of template, and another one just to show how lots of straight lines, slightly changed in angle, eventually make a curve and in the end, a circle. Those of you who know about adding seam allowance to a curve will recognise this! Enjoy......

Here we go:

Hi Everyone, 

In the last month or so, I've been trying to promote the classes a little more, and a part of this was my 'Long Weekend' Open Studio event last weekend. Here's a link in case you missed it: https://www.facebook.com/events/1539072742973091/

Although there weren't masses of visitors, the ones that did come were prospective future students and everyone was very complimentary about the studio itself. It would have been even nicer to have more people come (!), so if you read this, and fancy coming along to see the studio / chat about classes options please ring or email me at the address/phone number on the blog header above.  

Currently, I'm occupied with a lot of promotional work, which means lots of time on the computer, so dying to get back to other practical stuff that's next on the agenda - designing a SMALL collection of wedding outfits, and making a sample of one - to offer a solution to the problem of the 'big cost / never going to wear it again' thing that mostly happens to wedding dresses, (and no, that doesn't involve producing a 'wedding' shaped dress in navy blue or cerise, aaarrrggghhhhh!)... customers can decide on a basic style from the collection, but choose any fabric from a choice I've suggested in any colourway. The fabrics I have in mind are beautiful embroidered silks with plain complementary fabrics.....more to come.
 Also making a sample of a sister accessory to the colsca, which I think will be GOOD :-) Again, watch this space....

Speak soon, and here's a photo or two from last weekend:

Some of the nibbles, and the Lime and Mint cocktail! 

That looks a bit like me.....!

Biba dress c. 1970 from my vintage collection

Day 2

Day 3