Curls and Creations

I have made one hat for my costume! This means that I have finally made a bit more progress with this costume!

So, I finally finished and wore my playsuit from the Vintage Playsuit Sew Along! I took the skirt on holiday with me, but never wore it because the waistband is too small to fasten. The shorts are very comfortable and I wore them quite a lot while on holiday. The only problem is that the waistband is a little too big (what is it with me and waistbands?), but not enough to stop me form wearing them! I intend to take the waistband in at some point soon and I would love to make a couple more pairs of shorts from the same pattern as they are comfortable and easy to wear. The pockets are also a huge plus for me. The blouse was also comfortable to wear, but I will definitely make it longer if I make another version of it in the future, as it only just tucked under the waistband of the shorts. Playsuits are definitely something that I will sew again!

Here is the final piece of my Vintage Playsuit for the sewalong! The dirndl skirt!  This is similar in design to the shorts. I decided to make the skirt and shorts navy with white accents as I knew that I would be able to wear both with various different tops on holiday due to the simple colours and design.

The second part of my vintage style playsuit is a pair of high waisted shorts. I have kept the red, white and blue colour scheme which I originally decided on . The shorts are navy blue with white piping and buttons.

Yesterday me and my boyfriend went for a trip to Eden Camp for my birthday. We had been talking about going for quite some time and decided that yesterday was as good a time as any. We were lucky to have chosen a day with such lovely weather. We arrived at Eden Camp in the morning and it was not very busy, which meant that we were able to just amble around the huts at our own pace and not have to worry about being in the way of other people. It also meant that I was able to take some photographs as we walked around some of the huts (some were too dark and I did not want to use my flash, as it is a museum and it would also ruin the atmosphere of the huts for us and other people). Eden Camp is a modern history museum within the grounds of a World War II prisoner of war camp in North Yorkshire. Each of the huts has a different theme, such as The Home Front, The Blitz, Women at War and even World War I. There is plenty of parking and a lovely cafe as well as mess halls in which y...

As promised I am going to tell you all about my first experience with Mrs Depew's French pattern drafting. I bought pattern  6158  for a 50s blouse and capri pants and have made the blouse from this pattern. The capri pants are still on my to do list.

Today I decided to organise my fabric using a technique that I saw whilst browsing on Pinterest a while ago. The idea is that you cut rectangles of cardboard and fold your fabric around them, giving a neat and tidy look to your stash.