Phew! What a busy day!

First I took pictures of the bag I made my sister before posting it off to her as it was too late and dark when I finished it last night.  Sadly it doesn't stand up without anything in it as I didn't put interfacing in it, only a solid bottom, but don't you just love that print?

Bag lying flat, on the top left is the glass bead with white ribbon to use as a zip pull

Me holding the toiletry bag up to show the height, sneaky peek of Fizz in the background

Lining of the bag showing my label!

This was a bit of a nightmare to make as just as I thought I'd finished it I realised I'd done the corners at the bottom wrong and had to do some head scratching to get it to work.  It's done now and I'm pretty pleased with it, just hope she likes it!

Next I moved onto pimping my pumps!  See how I'm down with the young hip lingo?? ;)  Anyway, here's my revamped shoes:

Revamped shoes, aren't they cute?

I've taken the bows off the front and put them on the back of the shoes as think it's sweet

I've put three shell buttons on the front of each shoe in place of the bows, they're shiny

I like what I've done but wonder if I need to do a bit more to them, any suggestions?

Then I went to town to meet a Sew Weekly Sewing Circle buddy Marie and we went shopping for sewing things and talked lots!  Can't wait for the London meet up now!

Here's my finds for the day:

Taken the plunge and got self cover buttons for the Liverpool tunic dress

Vintage embroidered ribbon/sash that I can't wait to put on a dress it's just so pretty with the butterflies and the chrysanthemums

Close up of the embroidery

Was told by the shop owner this is from a 1920's silk dress.  Thinking of making it into a cute summer top.

So I was supposed to find some chocolate brown cord for a skirt but there was none to be found so this is what I came home with, slightly different...  I'm thinking I'll have to order it online as the usual suspects don't have any at the moment, it must be the most popular colour.

Hope you've had a fun and productive day!

Fiddly project update

Not a great amount of progress, but I'm liking it so far, thanks to Sarah from Narcoleptic in a cupboard for suggesting that I use some embroidery thread to pick out the details.

Picked out the detail of one of the tight petalled flowers with embroidery thread and have started to pick out some of the petals on the poppy too

Close up of the finished flower

I've also treated myself to a new pair of ballet pump style shoes as I'm thinking I don't have any suitable footwear that's pretty enough to wear with a dress but comfortable enough for stomping round the V&A and fabric shopping in May for the Sew Weekly meet up.  I know I'm a bit premature but there's a reason...

Gold ballet pumps with laser cut front piece and bow

Picture of the ruffle and bow bit on the front of the shoes

Inside of the shoes showing a cute floral pattern

I want to do an Irregular Choice makeover on these shoes as I don't have the pennies to spend on those lovely lovely shoes they create so I'm going to have to make my own.  I'm thinking the bows on the front of the pumps are tiny and a bit meh so I'm going to search through my stash and see what I can come up with...