I received the Gertie Sews Vintage Casual book for Christmas last year. I’ve often picked it up and browsed the pages, but I’ve always put it back down again. I think I was a little scared as I originally thought the instructions were a little vague and the instructional pictures didn’t show ‘real’ fabric! I had talked myself into getting a little more sewing experience before making anything out of the book.
Continue reading ➞ Shifting Along with Gertie
Independence Day is something we have never celebrated before and now it ia national holiday that we get to be involved in! Adam got Friday off work so we had a great 3 day weekend 🙂
We knew that we weren’t going to be heading out to watch any fireworks as we couldn’t leave Maisy alone so we ended up going for a nice walk & an explore Saturday morning. We headed to Blakeley State Park, which is around a 10 minute drive from us. It was $3 per adult to enter and we got a map, a self-guided tour and a bit of historical literature. We parked up and decided to have a wander on our own rather than use the guide. It was so hot and we knew that we wouldn’t get it all done in a couple of hours.
Continue reading ➞ Blakeley & Bugs
threads + bobbins 