Been creative with my sewing machine

The Reason I’ve been off line for the last couple of days.


This is the reason. I’ve spent the last couple of days working on my sewing machine. My grand daughter Erin has been taking Scottish dancing lessons for the last year and we thought she should have the ‘proper kit’. To buy a complete dancing outfit, (kilt, shirt and waistcoat) from a specialist supplier apparently costs somewhere in the region of £250.00+, crazy when you think they only use it for shows and exams and they grow out of it annually. So I scoured the second hand market, bought an old kilt, an old school shirt, a large blue velvet top and put them together with some off cuts of blue/green tartan material I already had. I unpicked, cut, sewed and ironed and this is what we ended up with. It’s not exactly the same as the professional and expensive version. The shirt is supposed to have what Erin describes as ‘white fluffy bits down the front’’, but as I didn’t come across any old lace, a tartan ruffle around the neck and sleeves will have to do. The most import thing is, Erin is pleased, and if she’s happy, we’re all happy.