Are you experienced?

Only a few days of Night Fever left before we close our doors for good and start the reopoening as Frock, exciting but very scary which is apt as the last day is this Saturday in the hope that the majority of remaining stock will be snapped up in a Halloween frenzy.....that was the plan...Tesco may have foiled that one though!

 However, the end of Night Fever has been fun and that was partly due to having a work experience girl in, Harri. I must confess I was unsure about this, especially as judging by recent weeks there wasn't an awful lot of work to experience, but it turned out to be a pleasure, as well as helping out with the general everyday tasks of running a shop Harri also helped me in my steps towards Frockdom and she was enthusiastic and helpful. She also had a go at making a corset and I think for a first go it was pretty damn good, so thanks Harri.

Harri chose which fabric she would like to make her corset in from the local market and some decorative braid for extra detail.

She then cut around the pattern we had already tested for size.

The inner and outer were then stitched...

And pressed.

Boning and braiding were added.

Eyelets were then made,

                                          
Ribbon lacing added at the back to finish........

Et Voila.......



I think that if we had used slightly stiffer fabric or interfaced this first the wrinkling seen here would have been eliminated but nevertheless I think Harri has done a really good job, and as a thankyou she was able to take home a gorgeous handmade prom dress, which fit her perfectly and looks gorgeous on her.

W.I. not?

Just a brief one about the Nottingham City W.I. I was invited along to hold a stall at the W.I fete above Cape in Hockley.  It is the first stall I have held with my dresses and panicked a bit because I was only asked on the Thurs and the fete was taking place that Saturday. It did make me kick my arse in gear though and I quickly sorted out bags, labels and a big thanks to the very, very fabulous guys at Labelserve for sorting out printed garment labels for me in less than 20 hours, which meant I was able to spend Friday sewing them into the dresses.

 I met some lovely ladies, bought some gorgeous cakes  and met the lovely Caroline who runs the Hockley boutique Pink and Lilly. as well as the owners of the new yarn shop that recently opened on Mansfield Road Knit Nottingham.