Look! We have a garden now! An almost-completed deck, and an almost-completed lawn! By the end of the weekend it should all be done. We just need to remember to keep watering the lawn every day, especially if it’s going to stay sunny. We should probably buy a lawn mower at some point too…
So, we took two more boxes of stuff down to one of our local charity shops, and I managed to come home with this lovely summer dress. It’s a little bit too big, but that’s nothing a sewing machine can’t fix! It’s a bit lower at the neck than I’d normally wear, but I’ll give it a try with a t-shirt underneath before I set about putting in a modesty panel of some description.
The dress is by Fenn Wright Manson, a brand that’s usually well outside of my budget, so I was very pleased to bring this home for the bargain price of twelve quid! It’s a cotton and silk blend, with an acetate lining. The label says “dry clean only”, but it smells as though it’s been through a washing machine recently and doesn’t seem any the worse for that. I think it’ll survive a cool wash well enough.
I am tempted to grab a bunch of fabric paints to colour it in, but I do think those aqua splashes are lovely!