What a change it makes when the sun shines in a blue sky and the warmer weather allows one to enjoy being outside. Spring is my favourite time of year and it means one can start sewing outside in the garden again using my beloved Vickers hand-crank sewing machine.
The best £5.00 I ever spent!
I bought it from a charity sale about ten years ago. The box was locked and the man who sold it to me said he had no idea what sort of condition the machine inside would be in. Well, I took a gamble, handed over the requested £5.00 and took it home in anticipation.
You can imagine how delighted I was when we finally managed to open the lid! There it was, all in it's shining glory, my darling new 70 year old machine!
We are a very happy couple and have made many, many things over the years together, including Verity Hope dresses, which by the way, will be released as a sewing pattern by SIMPLICITY later this year...
and lots and lots of cloth dolls, big and small and in all shapes and sizes...
and now ten years on, we are still going strong together, happily sewing away under the sunshine.
This week we made aprons and pinafores for Sasha and little Claudia is now becoming quite the supermodel!
Here she is modeling the latest style which if they are available can be found through the
This is an Alpine inspired apron with tiny spring flowers and a little front pocket for all those dolly treasures...
A little Verity Hope pocket doll found her way into the pocket... she always manages to get in somewhere!
Oh, look who has popped up again!
Thank you for visiting and wishing everyone a very happy and peaceful weekend.
Happy Days To All ThoseWho Still Play!
Susannah x
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