Firstly, thank you SO MUCH for the lovely comments about my bathers (and the nice ones about me too) – see, don’t you all want to go and sew your own pair of togs now?  And put photos of yourself wearing them on your blog?  I’ve been percolating a blog post about why I chose to show them, but haven’t quite got that written yet.  In the meantime, I have been sewing for the girls.

I’ve made New Look 6822 for Clare before, but this time I made a tunic length top with hood and front pocket from one of the printed stretch velvet remnants I bought at the same time as the bathers fabric.

New Look patterns are terrific for kids’ clothes – stylish, simple, well drafted, and very inexpensive when they’re on half price sale! There are usually a few variations in each one. Clare will wear this in winter over long-sleeved tops and she’ll still be able to wear it as we move (eventually) into warmer weather.

I saw Making It Handmade yesterday afternoon.  It’s wonderful to see craft and creativeness getting such prominence – the film was sold out!  I enjoyed every moment of this documentary.  There was an emphasis on political crafting and “craftivisim”, which I found interesting, because to me crafting is not political at all – it is personal.  Anna Brownfield has made a terrific film, but I’d love to see some documentaries about the “ordinary” everyday crafter as well.  About why craft is important in ways other than the political.  I remember hearing about a thesis called It Keeps Me Sane – I’d be really interested in seeing and hearing more about that.  But hey, you can only fit a small amount into a one hour documentary!  Loved seeing Pip and Gemma (and other familiar to me faces) on the big screen as well as some that were new to me.  Keep an ear out to discover if and when you’ll be able to see this great doco too.  It’s got me thinking.