Because The Night(ie)

...the wonderful Curtise gave me was too big I needed to perform some emergency surgery (to a backtrack of Patti Smith as we're seeing her in 11 days time).

This what I did:

1. Unpicked the bodice from the skirt.

2.Tried the bodice part on inside-out, pinned the darts and side seams to fit.

3.Sewed the pinned areas, trimmed off the excess fabric, zig-zagging the raw edges to prevent fraying.

4.Hand-sewed running stitch along the top of the skirt & gathered by pulling the thread taut.

5.With the right sides together pinned the skirt to the bodice and machine stitched into place.

6. Removed the manky brown velvet ribbon.

7.Tarted up the bodice with vintage Bakelite buttons & a piece of pretty ribbon salvaged from a Krista parcel and trimmed the tiered hem with some 1960s ribbon.

A fabulous vintage Salamander (weird name for lingerie, only in the 1960s!) nightie fit for day time.

Worn with original suede platforms (PDSA charity shop) and my Madeira souvenir basket (Acorns Hospice shop),

More bangles than you can shake a stick at.
Turquoise one from Helga, blue floral one from Sarah, yellow wooden ones from Mrs Allnut and the rest found second-hand. With the exception of the giant Lapis ring the rest are all from India, nail paints by Barry M.

Earrings from Helga and necklace created by my talented friend, Freya.

Who loves to get Vixified up.

I destroyed my beloved 12 year old digital camera by accidentally chucking down the stairs on Sunday. We're using Sarah's camera, which always performs brilliantly at festivals and nights out but obviously requires the user to be under the influence of alcohol as the photographs we've taken stone cold sober have a distinctly blurry look!.

I've got to dash, the house is a tip and in dire need of decorating and you probably know we've got some very special guests arriving in two weeks time!

Have a fab day and see you soon.