Egg-Art

One day I was standing in the kitchen bored and looked down at the bowl of eggs on the bench. I got the overwhelming feeling that they were blank canvases crying out to be drawn on. So I did just that.



The people in my household no longer just took the eggs for granted but actually paid attention to them in new ways. My favourite was the one I drew a cute chicken on and on the back it read "don't eat my family" also in keeping with pop culture I drew a Vampire egg, it was the last to be eaten.

You should get a sharpie and try this sometime. I guarantee people will look twice before eating eggs.

Summer Dressing

In Australia I bought found some yellow nail polish it looks very nice on. But what is nail polish without a matching dress? So I've drafted up a pattern and now sewing up a yellow dress!






I'm making it a full circle skirt, with 3 different layers - in between each will be some tulle to pouf it out. An easy way to cut large circles is to tie a long piece of string to a pin, place the pin in the middle of the material and using the other end of the string mark out the circle with a pen or chalk. It's like a giant compass!




I found these big buttons in my mum's grandmothers old sewing box. The yellow material was left over from my sister's 21st party.
I am adding the '3 tiered' look to several parts of my dress, including this back panel.






The straps will be slightly curved to keep in theme with the full circles of the skirt.









I have chosen a nice checkered lining for the dress and facing.
Over-lock the edges of the skirt then hem!





To be continued...

Hello big wide world

Well it's been bubbling inside of me for quite some time and I knew I should finally do something about it... thus hobby horses and second courses has been born. I shall not be afraid to post wondrous things to inspire you.