Off the Shoulder Top

I've had off the shoulder tops on my radar for a while now and in the spirit of trying to make as many clothes for Vegas as I can before I go I ended up cracking on out in about two hours! And that includes me having to work on my maths skills. Which suck by the way..... 

At some point I'll do a proper tutorial but for anybody who wants to bumble one out themselves I basically took my bra measurement and and cut two rectangles that were brasize x 21 inches and then four sleeves that were 9inch x 11inch.  

The fabric was from my grandmothers stash and was also used for this top here! Its actually covered in little flowers which is really cute!

So yeah I will do a proper tutorial at some point in the future but it will have to wait until after the summer holidays are over because OMG do I have no time to myself! Seriously I've gone from the quite cozy, having 4 mornings a week to myself to do as I wish and now I have NO TIME! I mean I love it because I get to spend large amounts of time with my little boy but I am missing being able to sew and blog at my own pace.

Anyway!Its quite blousy at the bottom because of the amount of the fabric. I prefer it tucked in but I can see how it might be nice to wear it untucked if you've had a bloaty beers and pizza kind of night! Oh if your some kind of pregnant! or post pregnant! Because lets face it the only people who "bounce back" are those that have personal trainers on speed dial!

Its held up with elastic, which trust me you are going to want to make sure is tight. I mean its what is holding your top up and as you might have realised this is a strapless so you are either going for a strapless bra or your gonna have to let the tatas hang free. The first time I wore this I went for the strapless bra but unluckly for me it got eaten in the washing machine so now I have no strapless bra! [that will teach me to wash my intimates on a regular cycle!!!!!!!!

The beauty of this top is that you can also wear it with the sleeves up!  

Anyway I LOVE IT! I basically feel like an extra from the godfather part two! Every time I wear this outfit I feel like I need to be stomping grapes in the Italian sun! And then drinking some pre stomped grapes in the Italian sun!!!

Much Love

Frankie

xxx

Beautiful box

It's been a long day today, yesterday I went on a lovely hen do and today my body is screaming from forcing it to wear high heels! Basically I'm knackered but I really enjoyed myself! We went to watch the horse racing ive never been before so it was quite an experience and we were lucky enough to have a box! So we all felt right posh! 

I even received a little gift! I'd helped mr knitwits cousin and his wife when they weren't pleased with their wedding pictures, it wasn't a lot of work and I was glad I could help but they got me this box to say thankyou anyway! 

Isn't it the sweetest thing you've ever seen? I love it! There's a little sewing scene behind some glass and I'm currently using it to store special sewing bits like my grandmas thimble and another thimble my neighbour gave me that I think was her grandmas, as well as some sweet notes from people who have been good enough to send me fabric. 

In other news my new set of French curves have arrived! 

I hope they are the right sort, they were advertised as for sewing and drawing on Amazon so I don't think I've gone too wrong! 

Ive done a few bits on the sewing front but they are a surprise waiting to be properly written up and unveiled! But they are super adorable! 

Mainly I'm just waiting until I finally get some free time! This month has been hectic to say the least and we've still got a wedding to go! I think I'll be spending the first week of October recovering from all the excitement! 

Much love

Frankie

Xxx

It started with a Facebook post....

It all started as I browsed my news feed this morning , 

Everyone right? Well apparently not as it goes, mr knitwits informed me for example that he never played with his mothers button tin. 

NEVER! Growing up it was one of my favourite toys! Can I sort buttons mummy? Please? I'll put them all away afterwards!!! 

Well it got me thinking about my button tin (well actually it's a drawer but ya know) 

Yeah it's very messy, (and yes that's my button hole foot, it lives with my buttons) 

This is a personal favourite 

This is from the first setee I remember my mum and dad having, 

The spare button from my mums tartan suit, 

I think this was off one of my brothers cardigans, 

Creepy eye buttons that my mother has had forever, 

And the biggest tackiest button I have ever seen which came with my grandmothers stuff. Genuinely still can't get my head around why such a lil women chose such a huge button! 

I've always loved buttons , I tend to think they can make or break an outfit and on many occasions I've changed the buttons on something shop brought to make it look better.

But mainly I just love sorting them! 

Did your mum / gran / dad? Have a button box? 

Much love

Frankie

Xxx