Second star to the right and straight on till morning.

I decided I wanted to make a dress for Christmas, because I end up going to a lot of different houses around that time to celebrate and I want to look nice! So when I saw this pattern I knew I had to have it. I used Butterick B5315. Unfortunately they didn't have the 6-14 patterns, so I had to get the 16-24. In the end it fitted perfectly though. Which is great.

It's only crinkly because I wore it today!

I took it for a spin today because the Red Cross store I work in had its VIP afternoon. Unfortunately the suburb I live in is not the best place so I got a lot of funny looks. But who cares when I'm the one wearing a great dress I made myself! I now have to make my friend one for Christmas. She's requested blue so I'm hoping to do blue with a black collar.

I blacked out the junk on my floor and my face because who on earth would want to see that

 

In other news, I've started to write bits of my novel that I wrote notes about down a while ago. I was hoping to do write it for NaNoWriMo but November is end of year exam time so I never get a chance. Oh well.

Pillowcase!

So I've been living with my nan for a year and a half now, and I've never done anything to make my room really feel like home. I decided to go searching for some sewing projects to spice it up a little and stumbled across this tutorial to make a pillowcase. It was incredibly easy and I loved the way it turned out! I'm thinking of making them for everyone for christmas. Tacky, I know, but I'm broke and sewing is fun!