Two down- eighteen to go!

Week one of project 'finish off some stuff ' has been a great success; the Waterlilies went to the framer on Wednesday and I moved to the last item on my list in the work room which was dress making for Anna. I haven't sewn any clothing for a good ten years but had borrowed some children's clothing patterns from Mum last time we were in Weymouth and have been buying fabric from the Embroiderers Guild bring and buy for a while now. I started with a New Look pattern and some ace vintage yellow pink fabric with daisies on, this little peasant top came together in an afternoon, I had the elastic already so I guess it cost less than 50p to make- I can see Anna's summer wardrobe being full of these- and doesn't she look happy about it!
Simon did look a bit confused about me making such a flimsy garment during a cold snap and the next thing on the list was some warm trousers. I used some blue needle cord and a Simplicity pattern for these. I fond this pattern required a little more careful reading but they were still very easy and went together in a couple of hours at most. Again these cost pence to make and although Anna is not so happy with these as they aren't very pretty I found half a Wispa got a happy looking picture! If I make more of these I will make them a bit prettier with some embellishment.

There is still time to enter the book give away on the post below- I am pleased to see some new faces commenting- thanks for dropping by.

I have some knitting and a raggy bag which I will work on for the rest of today and will then post tomorrow with week 2 project. I am not promising to keep up this pace though- or I might not make it to September.