Sewing week.

It has been a week of sewing with a couple of projects that have pleased me greatly, and, I hope, will please the Granddaughter when she gets them, next week.

The first is a dress pattern that I made for my younger daughter, a long time ago. I actually dated the pattern - December 1986. That would be the issue of Burda magazine which was my main source of patterns back then - they were so much more interesting than anything that was in the main catalogues and if I made just one item out of each magazine, it worked out at half the price. The fabric was similarly ancient - a nice firm cotton print that came from a charity shop, way back. So old that it was 36" wide, and that hasn't been common for a very long time.

The other item off the sewing machine is another pair of shorts - in a silly funny print that I am hoping will make it easier for Mum and Dad to spot her on the beach! Just hope nobody tells her to ask "Does my bum look big in this?"

And now a warning picture of what a person can do to a favourite sweater, when she forgets just how much wool there is in the blend, and uses the wrong washing programme.

But all was not lost - I have one of those little clothes shavers, like a battery electric razor, and I have got my lovely sweater back - and see how much fibre I had to get off to rescue it!

This is another Burda pattern - October 1986 if I am reading the numbers correctly.