I've been off for summer just about a month now but now the sleeping the day away phase has gone away I am inspired to actually go and do stuff!
My other blog for college work is almost up to date just two projects to go.
Also I have put my name forward for volunteering with the Renfrewshire Witch Hunt which is like a historical society for the area. I am still waiting to here back but I should hear back this week.
I am really looking forward to moving away. I now have almost everything I need. I still need to get a grater and a frying pan. You have to take your own kitchen supplies and bedding. It's slowly sinking in all the things I will get to do when I'm away. Like, for example, cooking my own meals. Which is a good thing. It's really hard to try to adapt your diet when someone else does the cooking. I have been trying to make my diet healthier. Not that I'm going on a diet but in my house we usually end up end lots of processed foods which I want to change. I want to start making my own veggie filled casseroles and curries and soups etc.
In addition I have also started making up my own patterns to start making clothes. This I am really excited about. I have spent most of my free time just looking at bloggers who make their own clothes and working out how I would mke the pattern for that. And yes I do mean making the pattern not buying the pattern. In my course I learned how to make patterns and adapt them to different styles. This means that I can attempt at least to make at garment from a basic block.
I have all ready made most of my basic blocks: Loose Bodice, Trousers, Loose Dress, Skirt.
So I still have to make a Bodice and Dress with darts and a Sleeve Block. I will then make up Muslins of each to see how they fit and how I can adapt them if I wanted a different pattern.
I made the blocks on a roll of recycled brown paper I got from WHSmith. This is sturdy enough for my blocks at the moment while giving me the length I need to actually make them without sticking bit of paper together. However to make up production patterns I think I'll go with tracing paper as I can see the blocks underneath.
For my first pattern I think I may make a Mandarin style top with three quarter length sleeves and have the front decorative seam going down the side the way it would on a mandarin dress.
