Hi I am a little late in posting this but I did complete the course and my dress. Which I was able to wear out on Saturday night.  You’ll have to wait til October meeting to see it for yourselves

Overall the course was well run and Christine our Tutor is a very skilled lady and we all learnt a lot of new skills.  All seven of us took away a block template of our own body on which to base future projects.

3 went home with dresses that just required a bit of hand hemming.

Dawn started here project again from scratch as she didn’t like the style if the sleeves on her first attempt and took home a tacked and partially seemed bodice and with some help from my Jenny will complete at home.

The lovely Penny made the beautiful blue silk bodice section of her30s dress with so much detail on the collar and hand made bottom loops. She is an accomplished sewer and will finish in her own time and be ready for the American Ball in Novemeber she is attending.

Aimee’s simple wrap dressed took time to get the fall of the pleats correct but it was worth taking the extra time, she has to attach the bodice to the skirt to finish her black number suitable for any occasion

Hi All

After my week at Denman I now need/want an Overlocker, thought I would ask here if anyone has one collecting dust that they might want to sell before I try Ebay.

Thanks,  Jacqui

Things are progressing and taking shape in the sewing room, we have all started and made some fine tuning to the bodices of our dresses.

We are a keen group starting are classes half an hour earlier than timetabled.  Today Christine asked us not to come back from lunch to early as she needed time to get the overlockers up and running, which if you have ever seen one looks like a fidley task that requires concentration and no interruptions. This seemed a good opportunity to drive into Abingdon to the highly recommended Mansons purveyors of fabrics, haberdashery, cake decorating equipment and basically anything to bring joy to the members of the WI. Mansons is spread over 3 shops.  I needed buttons but the rest of the group came too and better still Penny has a coveted blue badge so with some rather impressive reverse parallel parking (even if  I say so myself) we found a spot right outside.

Our journey was not without incident.  As we were leaving the car park I stopped as an approaching car was dropping off and letting passengers out.  Then I noticed the car moving towards me with the passenger door open It was as I was thinking silly idiot he hasn’t shut the door that I noticed that the driver/chauffeur wasn’t actually in the car but that he car was rolling towards me un-manned.  The driver did managed in true Frank Spencer style pull himself along the moving car and launch himself towards the handbrake just in time to stopp inches from my front bumper.  The biggest surprise of all was that from the back of the car came Alison Hammond off the telly. (Google her and you know who I mean).  She was very apologetic which is more than can be said for her Addison Lee ‘professional’ driver !

Quote of the day
Your boobs should be nearer your eyeballs that your a***!