Just a quick one because I hear the siren call of my sewing machine but first I have two kids to de-sand after a trip to the beach today. And I suppose I should feed them as well. Callum ate some sand but he might need something else.

Here is a top I made. I love it, it took ages because I decided to tweak the pattern a bit, I added the lace panel and lowered the neckline. I really like this style of top and I am going to make a few more. I have bought heaps of fabric in the last week, Spotlight has nice material for around $4 a metre and one of these tops only takes a metre. The cotton is more expensive than the fabric! I use a lot of cotton because of all the unpicking I do, lol, and I also make sure I reinforce the seams a lot because I don't want things falling to bits in the washing machine. I would love an overlocker one day. One day, one day.

I learnt alot while making this top. There is a lovely lady at Spotlight, she has served me the last three times I have been there and she is a dressmaker and is very very helpful. I have learnt a lot from her. I think she is one of the only salespeople at Spotlight who has ever been helpful.

So I wore my new top today. We went to see some friends before we went to the beach. Callum wore his camouflage overalls and they were commented on. I was stoked. And I made a pav! actually I made two because the first one wasn't quite right. My Aunty Lesley, who is the pav queen, used to make another one if the first one didn't turn out perfectly, I used to think she was mad, I mean, even a bad pav is still pav, right? but now I understand. There is a certain element of pride in the pav-making endeavour, as it turns out. The second one I made looked like it had been in a car accident, I nearly didn't take it, but I covered it with cream and kiwifruit and grapes and it got rave reviews and this time I actually agreed. It was goooooood. It was really good. Perfect and soft and chewy on the inside, crusty but not too too hard on the outside. I turned the oven down slightly and cooked it for a slightly shorter time and then left it in there to cool for ages and ages and ages. Finally cracked the code!!

So it was a very domestic day, all this sewing and baking. As I said to my friend "what the hell happened to me?"

What DID happen to me? But the strangest thing of all is that I am LOVING it.

Anyway, gotta go. The kids are nice and worn out so hopefully that means they will go to sleep, and then I can sew to my hearts content. Although, I think the day has worn me out a bit *yawn*.