Snow

Its  in the hands of the gods, something we have no control over, Yet it is a topic we British love to talk about.

  Yes its the weather, and its on everyone lips.The weather men have been warning us for some time.  Its tried twice over the weekend  but without success. But finally today it well and truly arrived.

A blanket of snow has fallen over my  part of Yorkshire. The children passing by my house are laughing and playing as they walk home from school, and I dont think we have seen the last of it.
Whats your weather like?
 

 

Blooming Weather!.. Ideal for a spot of sewing

An April shower wont last half an hour.  Well Im not to sure about that one.   It has rained, now for about a week with just the odd hour of sunshine. 

at least the water isnt coming up onto the pavements, since we had the new pumping system put in, no more episodes like  this  (touch wood)


Even the cat doesn't want to go outside.

I'm waiting patiently to plant these potatoes, that have been on the  sill for what seems an eternity.

The tulips are looking nice though.  So whilst the weather  stops me from finishing sorting the garden out,  I continue to sew. 

Ive discovered the trick is to have a cutting out session.  So the other week I cut out three items to sew. I shall show you the first one today.  I had seen this pattern on another blog   




New Look 6808

I realised I had something similar in this Vogue pattern. I thought I could recreate  the above from this and add a collar.

Vogue 8667
Id made this pattern previously  but wasnt happy with the princess sea, it was way too high for me. So with the help of a friend I redrafted the top changing the princess seam into a vertical seamst seam.  Then I just added a collar, self drafted.



Isnt this fabric Soo beautiful. 
A petrol blue with large blossoms, I love it.  Its  36" wide seersucker, vintage and incredibly light.   I had just over a metre. Just enough to make a sleeveless top, I had to use bias on the seams binding and a contrast material under the collar.

How do you all take photos of yourselves I found it impossible, especially in my tiny cottage

At last with the help of someone, a really quick and easy top with so many options.




Boy, did it rain!

British weather, dont we just love to talk about it, mostly moan about it.  Sunday, Monday and today has been to me unbearable heat, very muggy. But in the space of half an hour I was looking at this out of my window



This is our road!!

It thundered, it lightened, and it rained.... and rained..... so much that this happened....



When it rains hard,  a main drain on the corner of our road cannot cope and the lid lifts, and our little road becomes a river.



We live on an old main road in our village and this little village has become too big, and our old drains cannot cope.  Can you see that around the corner the rain isnt sitting, theres like a line in the middle of the road  where it suddenly starts.

My daughter and I sit at the window and watch the cars ploughing through. Ironicly its the 4 x4s that go the slowest!