It`s our beautiful boy`s 4th birthday tomorrow but we are doing most of the celebrating today - the luxury of being young enough to not really know what day it is! I ummed and ahhhed about a birthday party but decided on starting that next year. Today, he`ll have 4 cousins and various uncles and aunties over fr cake later and he`ll love it. We`ve moved on slightly from dinosaurs to marine life.
Anyway, I mentioned a few weeks ago that I wanted to get back to my first sewing love, dressmaking. I`ve ordered some books on pattern cutting and getting a good fit, a pattern and some fabric. These bundles of loveliness are all waiting for me at my mum`s in England. Yesterday I signed up for this course over at Craftsy - the Couture Dress with Susan Khalje. I have looked at this course before but waited until it was offered at special price. Yesterday I got an email saying it was $39.99 as opposed to the regular price of $79.99. Woo hoo.
Once you have signed up, you can watch the course videos as much as you like, there are full written instructions and the price includes a Vogue dress pattern, which will be sent to you.
I have only had the chance to have a quick look at the first lesson but I like what I`ve seen. It`s all done in real time so you really get to see Susan at work. I like her too. She has a nice soothing voice. She`s full of tips - for instance, did you know the width of the metal end of a tape measure should be 5/8ths of an inch - useful when marking your stitch line. I like the way how you can make notes below the video as you watch it. As soon as you type, the video pauses until you`re ready to resume watching. I shall let you know how I get on. I don`t have that much use for couture dresses if the truth be told but I think I shall learn so much from this course that will be useful for dressmaking in general.
I quite fancy whipping something up for Jennifer`s Summer Sewing Contest, which looks like it`s going to be a whole lot of fun. She has a fab lineup of bloggers taking part in the hop!
If you are a beginner dressmaker or are interested in taking it up, you might want to check out this great post by Sara of Sew Sweetness as part of Sarah`s excellent {Sew} Get Started series.
Lastly, a few weeks ago I received an enticing email from Moo saying that they had a sale on and so duly inveigled, I ordered some mini cards and had them delivered to my mum`s. There has been a slight delay in showing you these as my mum mislaid her new camera. Anyway, she found it. Where? In her sewing scraps. Go figure.
Hope you are all having a great weekend.
