We made quills

The weather here has been pretty miserable of late. That coupled with a real lack of funds can lead to pretty bored children...
So in an effort to entertain the children for free I took them to the local pumping station museum. I know you're wondering how the mechanics of sewer engineering can be entertaining for a small child but really it is a local history museum with lots of buttons to press for tiny fingers and a fake flushing poo for bigger ones. Charming, I know, but I'm not five. Apparently its brilliant! I bought Patrick a cheapo plastic plane and that kept them entertained for a while.

 We arrived a little early and found it closed as it was a Sunday so we decided to take a stroll. We went down by the canal. I love it down there as there are plenty of old industrial buildings to admire and mourn, that coupled with the abundance of nature makes for a pretty enjoyable walk. I gathered myself a large bunch of lilac and Patrick found two feathers so...when we got home..

 Bless them! You can practically taste the concentration!

Patrick even did some secret spy letters with lemon juice (sorry, invisible ink!)












It kept them quiet whilst I arranged my lilac. A good day...with no rain! Hooray!

KCWC...Fail!

Why am I so honest! I could toatlly have faked it by posting outfits I made ages ago ;)
Well, I'm kinda glad that's over! I've had such a busy couple of weeks. I really should have thought about commiting to an hour a day sewing for children during a week where I am camping for the weekend and attending wedding. I did manage an hour a day for 5 days but when we went to Shropshire it fell by the wayside. I was hoping to get some embroidery done but I didn't get far enough along on the project! In fact. I have nothing to show for it as pretty much all my time was taken drafting patterns and making toiles. Dullsville! Next time, I will be more organised in the run up and not decide to join in the night before it's due to start.


I did manage to get my dress finished for the wedding though...

 I'm pretty pleased with it. It is cotton, fully lined with inverted pleats. It's not the best picture to be honest but I don't know any photographers!

I have some other creative results for the week...coming up in another post...