Royal Wedding Skirts

Lurking in the remnant bin at John Lewis I found a piece of fabric to commemorate the Royal Wedding.  It cost about £5 and looked to be just enough to run up a couple of skirts for two little princesses to wear to the street party today.

These were such easy skirts to make, and light and comfortable to wear.  It is a very simple rectangle of fabric, joined at the short edges to make a tube.  I then turned over a narrow hem at the top, and did several (6/7) lines of shirring, using the edge of the presser foot as a guide.  I dampened the shirring and pressed, to shrink it up, then hemmed the bottom, adding on a band of organza to trim, and it's done!

I won!

I'm currently experiencing that heady mix of excitement and guilt that often accompanies a purchase. A big one.

I have just won an eBay auction for....a Bernina 830 Record sewing machine...whoop whoop, etc!!

I've been lusting after one for ages, but made a pact with myself that I had to earn enough money in my PayPal account to pay for it. After weeks of furiously decluttering and eBaying I was pretty much there, so with a racing pulse I put in my bid 10 seconds before the auction end, and won!

Now I have to play the waiting game, and hope that it arrives safe and sound.

Meanwhile I will be planning some lovely new sewing projects to put it through its paces. And enjoying my newly decluttered wardrobe. I think I might love eBay a little bit too much.