Hooray! hot-potch tunic

Last Friday I spent the morning being a super domestic goddess and tidied the whole house, top to bottom and with three stories and nine rooms - that was some epic tidying - then I went to work in the afternoon. By evening dinner time the place was a tip again. Kitchen chaos from our meal, the girls prams and dollies, pencils, pens, paper, emptied school bags with after school play etc. Now, I am not a killjoy, they had a lovely time playing after school and we all live here but I thought there must be a better way to spend my Friday morning.

 

So this Friday Little M and I got out the sewing machine, I helped her make a little drawstring bag so that she could put her baby clothes in it and then she largely left me alone only coming to tell me when she needed a snack and to shhh! because the dollies were sleeping.

 

 

I bought some green fabric (my favourite) on holiday with nothing in particular in mind.

 

 

So I made this hotch-potch tunic from my favourite book Sew Serendipity. It has the patterns included.

 

I am over the moon with it because it fits!!!

 

I should have worn something smoother than belted jeans under it but I was so excited I popped it on and grabbed the camera.

 

Then I went to work, came home and made a lovely dinner and bloke helped me clean up after just the once while watching the girls collect bugs in the garden proceeded by picking up the days stuff, just the once.

Oh! it felt so much better. Then I put my tunic back on and settled down to an evening with bloke constantly saying to him "I like my new top" 

 

Sometimes you just have think sideways. Jo x