My marbles are full of mouth today

Things are going well, post number 3 in the blog revival project and still going strong...

Today I'm bringing you a vintage/ GBSB pattern mash-up.

An a-line skirt combined with the pinafore bib/strap adaption shown in the book that went with the second series of the Great British Sewing Bee (I'm so excited for the new season and there's not even an airing date yet).
The skirt pattern is a 1994 McCall's 7316 which has four variations. I used the standard A-line version.

 
This pinafore has taken FOREVER because 1) I am lazy 2) It's like I have a specific brand of sewing ADHD, I can never focus on just one project especially if there is maths involved and 3) I am really lazy. When I say forever, I mean like over half a year. It got to the point when I needed to stitch the waistband down and I ended up leaving it there because I needed to move the straps just a smidge. Well in half term - I moved them! And then I finished the pinafore and it fit me like a dream(ish) - I gained half a stone since starting making this.
My main motivation for getting this finished, believe it or not, was a conversation with a 6th former at the school I work at. The product design students know I sew in my spare time and the girl was asking me what I'd been working on lately and she said she wanted to see the pinafore skirt when I'd finished it.  

So here it is, I used a plain black cotton drill because I've finally realised that bright prints probably won't get worn by me. I am a goth through and through so dark colours are definitely my jam. That and this could be worn with something bright and patterned should the feeling ever take me. 
I also used two plastic wood coloured buttons from my stash - I have zero clues where they came from. 

  
I was so nervous making these buttonholes! I did manage to cock up the cutting of one of them but fixed that with some extra stitches.
The hem has a one inch turn up to match the one inch turn at the top of the bib.
I did consider doing some grey/silver top stitching in places but then realised, again, that I am far too lazy for that shit.  

Although the skirt section of this make is essentially classed as vintage, I am not counting this towards my vintage pledge as I started it last year and half of it isn't vintage! Therefore my pledge count still stands at 0/4 and 1 in progress.   
I still have these boxes to dig through to find my next vintage make though:

See you soon!

 

 

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

So I've been having some issues re: motivation/inspiration/any form of get up and go recently and it turns out thanks to a forced visit to the doctors that I may have some form of "anxiety/depression" going on. Thanks to this diagnosis and the future treatment that I'm going back to discuss this Friday I hope that I can turn this around, start drawing, painting, sewing and generally moving about with a bit more purpose soon.
This blog kind of fell by the wayside while I prepared for the onslaught of Christmas but now that's all done and dusted as well hopefully I can pick it up again and tell you all about what I've been up to.
I have two skirts to blog and an absolute disaster to show you all as well but before I settle back into it properly I thought I'd do this instead (read: this is a section of a post I had in draft that isn't really relevant any more but I thought I'd show you anyway) :

In effort to share some more stuff about me and (hopefully) encourage you guys to talk to me more (I'm so needy, I know) I thought I would show you guys some of the stuff I've been mooning over online this past week or so:

Anatomical Heart print from QuantumPrints

Tula Pink Moon Shine Fabric in Strawberry found with chitchatfabrics

Death's-Head Hawk Moth over in my friends' shop at Stoned Affection

(she doesn't just do entomology and taxidermy, she also has an amazing collection of jewellery that I regularly lust after)

Black Butterfly watch from Olivia Burton