Ella's world expanded into 'real' sewing which involved choosing a pattern and then material. She was ever so keen to get sewing but quickly ran out of patience with the time it took to do various bits! Luckily it was a fairly easy pattern and so the skirt was finished in an afternoon. The only problem was when she paraded the skirt, it nearly fell off as the elastic in the waistband was way too big! A quick unpick and readjustment saw the skirt finally finished. We were all pretty happy with the result.
Meanwhile Katy was busy experimenting with her tie dying christmas present. She tried dying a scarf and t-shirt. We discovered that the type of fabric really influenced the brightness of the dye and to a lesser extent the method used. Ella also joined in on the fun. The results took much longer than making Ella's skirt as we had to wait for the dye to dry, then rinse and wash before drying again!
Katy's crumple top on the left, Ella's spiral top on the right.
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