#NISM2015 I'm going, what about you?

This is gonna be fun! A weekend to just sew some new clothes and hang-out with other cool people doing the same. There are loads of other things planned, all revolving around sewing of course!

It's time to get out from behind our computers/mobile devices and come face to face with all our social media friends as well as new ones. If you don't want to come alone, that is understandable, but all you have to do is convince a friend to come to - easy!  I'll be there, so there will be at least one person you cyber know.  I'm sure you also know the organisers as well, The Curious Kiwi and Flossie FT.

All the details can be found HERE, while you're there sign-up and come join us on 1-2 August in Rotorua.

 See you at NISM2015 :-)

CAKE: make, meet & eat

So this month I have been Sewing Cake with the WSBN.  The Challenge was to sew any Cake Pattern during the month of July and then come together on Sunday 28 July and eat Cake (high tea party).

I started by whipping up a Tiramisu Dress, blogged here.  While I was at it I thought I would learn how to make Tiramisu desert - wow what a mistake, it is soooo morish! Here is my first attempt - it doesn't look that appealing because someone (husband/kids!?) ate all the chocolate in the house.  This version is topped with berry sauce rather than grated chocolate.

First mission accomplished!  Next Cake Pattern - the Hummingbird, just because.  Okay, okay 'because' The Fabric Store had a 40% sale and who can't resist a sale - oh that would be me!!!

I haven't blogged about my Hummingbird yet, but I will get to that soon.  My Hummingbird top and skirt were the chosen items to wear along to High Tea - my first meet up with the WSBN.  What a lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon :-)   Thanks to the lovely host Sandra of FlossieFT I've got the following photos to share ....

We did group photos, first was those of us who made Hummingbirds.  There was another group of all those that made the Tiramisu Dress and another who made the Pavlova top and skirt.

This is all of us - I wasn't brave enough to take off my jacket (because it's still mid winter here in NZ - not that you would know from this photo).

Can you see that .... I know it's hard to spot amongst all those yummy things on the table, but the Tiramisu hiding in the background - doesn't that look so much better than the first one!  

Anyway, my first meeting with the WSBN was truely enjoyable - thank you ladies, I look forward to the next outing.  I feel like I've officially been initiated!