Valentines flowers...ah sweet

This flower is a small ornamental cabbage on a stalk.....I have never seen a one this small before.

The colours are beautiful.

I got a beautiful bunch of flowers from my DH for Valentines day, I thought I would share a few pictures because they are sooo lovely.

Camera....ugh

I am afraid I can't upload any pictures as my camera is broken and I don't think it can be mended. I think we might be going for a new one sometime this week. We haven't had this Canon camera very long and it cost £350.00.....I am not paying that much again I can tell you, I hope I can get a one a lot cheaper than that.
I have made a second welt pocket and it is much better than the first one....the pattern I am using for my trousers doesn't have a welt pocket pattern so I have made one. I read all of the instructions the ladies from the Stitchers Guild gave me, then I altered the size to suit myself......I wrote all of my instructions down (needle positions, stitch sizes, every little detail I could think of) then I made a pattern. I can now add a welt pocket whenever I feel like it. When I make the welt pocket on my trousers I will take photographs (when I get my camera) and add them to my instructions.

Welt pocket

I couldn't get this picture where I wanted it so I have made a new post.

Here is a picture of my first ever welt pocket made with help from the ladies of the Stitchers Guild. As you can see there are still a few mistakes but I am going to have another go at it.

TNT trouser pattern

This is my one and only altered, tailored trouser pattern that I have. It is so easy to reach for this pattern when I need a new pair of trousers.

Everytime I make it I try to do something different with it. This time I am having a go at a back welt pocket, the pattern also needs another bit of tweaking. I still feel the legs of these trousers are a bit too wide so I am making 1" seams instead of the normal 5/8" seams. The waist darts will have to be narrowed to allow for the 1" seams ( then the waist won't be too tight ) I have narrowed all 4 darts by 1/8", then the size of the waist remains the same.

I had to ask the ladies of The Stitchers Guild to help me with a problem I had with my welt pocket. I didn't know how to handle the pocket having a long narrow dart at the back of my trousers. The dart can be cut through when making the welt pocket, the ladies also gave me some great tips on how to improve my pocket. Thank you ladies......you know who you are.

Fed up with building work.

This is the bay window and the window of the side of the porch. The photograph above is from the front door looking through to the dining room and right through to the garden

I am fed up with building work, it isn't going fast enough for me....I think to date we have had them in for over a month now, nearly every day.....you can't go anywhere or do anything...I can't even sew because there are things stacked in my sewing area and there just isn't any room.

Withdrawal symptoms

I haven't done any sewing for a couple of weeks now and I am getting withdrawal symptoms. The reason is we are having some home improvements done and all the dining room furniture is stacked in my sewing room, anyway I don't want to sit sewing when there are workmen in the house causing lots of dust........we are having patio doors put in the dining room.
I hope the rain eases a bit this week, it has been horrendous, the ground is saturated.....anyway I hope it eases because the builder is getting nowhere fast with the front porch and the plumber won't start with the new boiler until the builder is finished.......ugh......I hate the house being upset, not to mention having to get up early to try and make myself look presentable first thing in the morning, which is no mean feat I can tell you.

No sewing here

There is no sewing for me for the next few weeks or so.....we are having some home improvements done so I have other things on my mind at the moment. We have already had some of our new windows fitted and are waiting for the builder to finish his holidays so he can start our front porch and large double doors in the dining room.....I will still be posting on my blog when I get a minute.



Here is a picture of one of our new windows.