Sixties Shift
I really enjoy the BBC2 Sewing Bee programme and last night they had to make a shift from a sixties pattern on a sixties sewing machine. well my sewing machine in the sixties was my Grandmother's old Singer and didn't do zig zag stitch but I made a shift . The sixties were not sw
inging for me except that I married young and had three children in quick succession.
Here is the dress. That's me holding Tim's hand as Nigel rides a horse top left. /the dress was of cream linen, I was still quite old fashioned then and had few contemporary friends but I made most of my own clothes and also my daughter's clothes. the biggest treat was when I bought something from a shop for her. this is Liz aged three at her party.
I remember when I bought a sewing machine for myself when I was about twenty-five because it did zig zag. It cost £40 and I got it on HP. I thought it was very extravagant. I recently had some inheritance and have just bought a and it cost over£400.
I do love to stitch and I do love fashion. I like Prima patterns and hopefully I have a free weekend this weekend and will make a jump suite that are back in fashion. I hope to customise it, watch this space.
Meanwhile I have added more of my instructions for my craft on Etsy.
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/BackYardBooksandArt
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