dottie angel

Friday, September 5

peachy frock news ...

i have some peachy frock news

but alas i cannot share all the nitty gritty.

"boo Tif, boo"

however i can share a few things

thing one:

i have been fine tuning my original dottie angel frock pattern,

(i call it my original merely because it was the first one i created

my other frock patterns have come along since

but this sweetie was originally the first,

thus she is called original)

i fine tuned her using several yards of a fabby rowan fabric

i stumbled across on clearance

and another little ditsy number which caught my eye.

i also fine tuned her with a vintage bed spread

which caused my knees to go weak.

when the knee weakening fabric arrived upon my doorstep

i had plans to make window dressings.

however it did not take long for my friend to tell me

she wished to be a frock.

i noted some clever bit of trickier would be required

as the width was not there.

so i went with the flow, original bed seams and all

and i must confess,

this is my fabby favourite frock to date.

thing two:

alas and alack i must confess yet another confession.

things did not go according to plan

and i will not have a frock update this fall in my shop

"boo Tif, boo"

thing three:

however i am rather giddy to share,

if all goes according to my cunning plan

and the plan of another,

there will be a dottie angel 'original' frock pattern

released for spring 2015

for every man, dog and granny chic frock wearer to make.

"hurrah Tif, hooray"

copyrighted image courtesy of Anna Dianich of Tolt Yarn and Wool

my thoughts exactly dearest reader ...

Thursday, September 4

summer has come to an end, school is back in and the morning alarm is causing the shadows under my eyes to appear again. i must confess to having achieved very little in the way of anything the past few days.

i have gone to work.

i have stayed at home.

i have avoided my inbox because it frightens me.

i have grocery shopped.

i have stared at the walls.

i have cooked too much food

for too few mouths.

i have noted the chilly morns and eves.

i have put my knee socks on

and tried without success to keep them pulled up.

i have started knitting a cardigan,

only to rip it back hours later.

i have stared at the walls again.

and

i have dabbled with my 'woolly waifs'

mainly it has been button changing for my 'woolly waifs',

however i did go to town on the little green shrug. if you recall i called him a bolero but fortunately a facebook dearie reminded me of the word shrug and yes, i do believe that is what my little found green cardi without a body is.

or was.

for i did a bit of sewing surgery.

i gave him elbow patches

and a new body from an old cardi.

then i did a bit of natty sewing with some lace doilies,

i did the lace bit yesterday.

today i have no idea what to make of my patched and pieced green and mustard woolly friend.

i am going to ponder if we have a life together whilst continuing to stare at the walls, avoid my inbox, cook too much food, all whilst wearing baggy saggy knee socks. i will also remind myself that my thoughts of today are where i will be tomorrow thus i must pull myself together, find some energies and start polishing my little light, less his flicker disappears altogether...