More things made out of towels

#TipOfTheWeek:

Cutting up towels to make stuff will result in zillions of tiny bits of fabric fluff all over your house which will stick to the floor just as stubbornly as wet couscous* and keep reappearing even after you have swept and hoovered several times.

 

We're off on holiday soon to a campsite in a warm sunny place with a swimming pool, splash pool and riverside beach.

I'm thinking that throwing these little robes over swimming costumes will mean that we hardly even need to get the kids dressed for the whole two weeks!

In fact I like that idea so much, I'm plotting one for myself too. A final burst of activity before lots of lazy days, poolside...

Tutorial here.

* #BonusTipOfTheWeek:  only feed your toddlers couscous after sealing them in a ziploc bag or something. The bloody stuff gets everywhere and sticks there.

UPDATE!

Robes in action!

How's that for cute AND practical!

Three bright bibs

Welcome baby J! We're so very happy you're here!

Simple pleasures

~  SIMPLY  ~

using the kitchen

eating Mexican salad

children absorbed

city summers

everyday favourite colours

red bugs in the park

a happy (birthday) two-year old



~  some recent simple pleasures  ~

Mini maxi

Ahhh... long floaty colourful comfy halter neck maxi dresses...



Photos from: Austique, Debenhams, Farfetch, French Connection, House of Fraser, John Lewis, Net à Porter, Oasis



... just perfect for wafting around in fragrantly all summer....

... what's that? My ample bosoms would be uncontrollable in such an outfit? And I'm too short for the length?

<Sigh>

'Tis a terrible shame that my post-child figure no longer slips (or even squeezes) into my old favourite flattering bright lightweight summer dress ...

But wait ...

.... I have an idea ...

If I can't float around in an easy, long halterneck myself ...

... I know someone who can:

Improvisation

So I've worked out recently that I'm a make-it-up-as-you-go-along kind of sewer (that's sew-er as in seamstress, not, er, municipal drainage). What with unburdening myself of lists, I'm hitting a groove of inspiration, enthusiasm and productivity in perfect synchronicity.

[Note to the ether: by the way, there will be no more lists ever. I thought blogging one would motivate me to get the stuff on it done, but my list of want-to-do changes too fast to bother and I was getting depressed about list-ticking-off failure. OK?]

Anyway, my two favourite projects at the moment are these:

The first will be a dress. The idea was to follow Martha's instructions for an easy, funky tube dress, but I was fiddling about with the concept before I even got to cutting the fabric. Since then I have just done what I like with it at each step of it's construction, and it's looking an awful lot better than if I'd just got on with it. Yippee!

Not yippee - I can't wear it yet though because I ran out of thread for the hem. So much for organisational skills.

The idea and execution of the second thing just came out of my head. Can you guess what it is yet? G thought I was making little toilet mats for potty training toddlers. Is he right???

All will be revealed once I've finished.