Making Monday #1

Welcome to my first Making Monday which will hopefully be a regular weekly feature on the blog. I wanted to do a little round up of everything I’ve made over the last week and any craft purchases I’ve made. Typically the first week I’d planned this my sewing machine died a dramatic death and Lila was sick, which slowed down progress a little. Luckily I have bought a brand spanking new sewing machine and the little one is all better now.

Vintage Project Of The Week Each week I’d like to share something I’ve found in a vintage magazine be it a sewing project or recipe that I’d like to try. This week I found this idea in a copy of Heiress Magazine from 1949. Incase it’s too small to read it’s basically saying that the latest trend for french teenagers is to appliqué vegetables onto their dresses. Sounds a bit strange, but I think it looks really cute and I’d love to do something like this on a gingham dress.

What I’ve Made This Week As I said it’s been a bit of a slow week for me, but I did manage a couple of things…

I made some toffee apple cupcakes, which are basically apple cupcakes with a hard toffee glaze. Easier said than done, and I ended up having to do a few attempts. The glaze was either too hard or too runny, but I eventually managed 5 successful cakes and they were delicious.

As you may have seen in my post last week I also made a floral cushion using the templates from Sew and Stitch Magazine.

What I Bought This Week

I did a lot better on the shopping front this week. I discovered a fabric shop I’ve never been to before. Fabric Land in Kingston is by far the best fabric shop i’ve been to. They have a massive choice and sell their fabrics at wholesale prices to the public. With 100% cotton printed fabrics at £3.69 a metre it just can’t be beaten! They have shops all over the South of England and have a telephone mail order service more details here.

These are the pretty fabrics I bought there…

I also got these pretty bias bindings for 69p a metre…

I also took a trip to Lidl where I always manage to find a few handy sewing and making bits and picked up these…

Baking and Cupcake books, Cupcake Decorating Kit, Circular Knitting Needles, Scissors, Sock Knitting Loom.

I also picked up some new sewing patterns on Ebay, I wanted to make some cotton tops for the girls using some of my vintage fabric stash, these all look really pretty and should be quite quick and easy. I got a bag pattern as I thought they would make nice gifts for christmas and I got a pattern for 1940s trousers as I really want a pair!

So I have loads to be getting on with this week and hopefully there will be less buying and more making next week! I hope you like this post and if you’ve made anything nice or bought any new craft bits please link up in the comments as I’d love to see.

P.S I haven’t forgotten about Fall For Cotton, but my sewing machine died right in the middle of making my skirt, so I’m very very late with this one. I will have it finished by next week and will be sharing. Better late than never after all!