Curtain Couture -The New Rock and Roll

 How times change. Not so long ago when Jon was working away I'd call the girls, don my glad rags and dance the night away. 

On Friday I couldn't have been happier alone, digging out the vinyl, cracking open a bottle of Pink Chill and setting the scissors loose on a pair of 1960s screen printed curtains.

I made one hell of a mess, swore like a navvy and built up an unnaturally close friendship with my seam ripper but by the time Jon came back I was dressed in the curtain I was unpicking when he left.

Before the official blog photographer's return I couldn't resist sharing a sneak preview with my friends on Facebook - check out the classic Blogger pose. 

Just in case you're bored with my sewing here's what's on my dressing table.
The Deco dressing table was rescued from the skip of the first house I ever rented and has been painted a rainbow of colours over the past three decades (currently Fairy Dust by Crown), everything else is charity shopped, car booted or jumble sale-d apart from the hot pink Blythe doll picture (from Krista-licious).

The finished culotte suit.

From the front, 

The back,

Rouleau straps, darts, covered buttons, French seams and all.
I'm linking to Creative Mondays.

I'm also linking to Patti's Visible Monday. No-one can see me in the garden but I'm sure someone will look my way when I visit Dad's nursing home and Lidl later.

Culotte suit (made from a Le-Roy pattern from the fabulous Curtise) , Francis Price Sunflower curtains (courtesy of friends, neighbours and fellow festival goers, Matt and Sonya), hair flower (made by me), Tribal brass choker (Orissan hill tribe, bought in Tamil Nadu), Ethnic earrings (belonged to my Mum)

Hope you've had a fabulous weekend and a great start to the week.

See you soon!