Pattern haul; March 2016

I love this time of year, as everything seems to get so much more colourful. Although I love the dark colours and patterns of winter fabrics, I can't help but fall in love with the bright and bold colours of spring/summer fabrics! 

I didn't really get chance to sew anything in March 2016, I did make another Merchant & Mills Dress Shirt, however I need to adapt the sleeves slightly before I'm 100% happy with it. 

I did, however, purchase a couple of patterns and I'm super excited to go shopping for fabric! 

First of all, I purchased another Sew Over It pattern. A couple of months ago I purchased the Ultimate Shift Dress pattern and absolutely loved it. I noticed this pattern on their website shortly after but held off on purchasing it until we had passed Winter and moved onto the warmer Spring months. 

I purchased the Pussy Bow Blouse pattern in a PDF format. Now before the Shift Dress pattern, I'd never downloaded a PDF pattern and printed it out, but I actually really like it! 

I love the style of the Pussy Bow Blouse and feel like I could make it in quite a few different fabrics to make this a casual top but also one that I could shove in my work wardrobe. The pattern looks relatively easy to sew together, I'll definitely be reviewing this one! 

The next pattern I purchased this month was a kimono style jacket from McCall's, which was the Easy Sewing 7200 Kimono Jacket. I purchased mine from the Minerva Crafts store via Ebay, as it worked out cheaper to purchase it from there than on their actual website. The delivery on this was so quick, it turned up the next day! 

Kimono style jackets have been in and out of my wardrobe for the last couple of years and I'm actually quite glad that this pattern has a few different variations. I first saw this on Instagram by katiemakesadress in a really quirky cactus print fabric and shortly after a geometric print and fell in love, I knew I had to have this pattern! Again, this will be one to review when I eventually get round to sewing it. 

I'll surely update this post when I manage to go fabric shopping for these patterns and will make a separate post for the finished products. 

'til next time! 

♥

Moving back home

For the last few weeks, my life has been completely chaotic. My blog has been relatively quiet and I apologise! I just haven't had chance to sit down and actually take the time to write a decent post or even so, actually sew anything. 

So, what's actually been happening? 

After much deliberation, my Boyfriend and I decided it would be best if we moved back in with our Parents for the time being. This way, we can actually save for a house of our own rather than privately renting. As much as I loved our little flat, it was slowly but surely getting the better of us because we just couldn't see a way out. All of our wages (well, mostly all of our wages) were going on forever increasing bills and we just couldn't justify it any more. 

Fast forward about 3 weeks and so much has changed. Bonnie is now an "outdoors" cat, me and Devon are living about 20 minutes apart from each other and to be honest, I feel really, really lonely. 

I don't know if it's because my bedroom is painted the same as when I moved out, I don't know. I feel like I'm about 18 years old again and this is not a place where I want to be, or how I want to feel. Don't get me wrong, my Mum and Dad have been so supportive of me moving back in, but I just don't feel like myself any more. I don't feel like an adult. I'm sure this feeling will pass, but for now, it's knocked me on my backside and I don't know how to get out of feeling like this. 

I can't wait to get back into sewing, I've had a good month long break and I really miss it! I've got a designated sewing corner in my bedroom where I have my table and machine set up and I'm itching to get going again. 

I apologise that this post is all over the place, but this is the first time in nearly 3 weeks I've had to just sit down and do nothing but just think. I plan on getting a lot more posted in the next coming weeks as the Tenancy on the flat ends on the 6th April, so I won't have to worry about that any more, and every other Saturday will be spent sewing. 

'til next time! 

♥