Beautiful Ladies in Floral 50's

I love love love making my own patterns but I have to be honest I don't always have the time!

My good friends had their wedding recently and I was thinking about what to wear.......

A long awaited tidy up of my studio unveiled a half cut pattern I  had forgotten all about, from one of the best vintage pattern companies I have come across colette patterns

The cut of their patterns is the best they are so comfortable and so flattering. So when my work mate needed an outfit for a blitz party I was more than happy to share the love! 

And I am so glad I did because she looks SO BEAUTIFUL!

Its inspired me to cut some 50's patterns of my own. It might even be time to pick out some pretty florals or candy stripes! Not my usual thing...... I think the brief taste summer might have effected me.......

Waving your flag with pride?

In the lead up to THE ROYAL wedding I am seeing the British flag EVERYWHERE even my local swimming pool is flying the flag with pride! It's something that will always make me feel a bit strange as it has become a symbol, for me anyway, of some rather unpleasant things. Its a shame that what should be a representation of national pride has been tinged with the unpleasantness of the far right.
Historically flags have been used by all nations as a representation of pride and I hope the coming days will aide in changing my view a little and seeing this as great time to be British forgetting the associated negatives.
A tentative link i know but i thought i would take this opportunity to show you some of the beautifully hand crafted Fante Asafo flags of Ghana.
These flags are hand crafted and have a strong link to colonialism (maybe not such a tedious link after all!)

If your interested You can read more about the history of Fante flags here