Cherylanne, I love seeing photos of you in CLD garments in your wonderful, natural setting!  I would so love to visit Australia!

A beautiful autumn morning here and have just returned from the beach where the water is still warm.  I think I maybe able to submit a SWAP collection and these two will be included.

The  'Tommy Bahama' knock-off beach dress was made  from a navy/blue linen.  I used a size small, made it dress length, added sleeve tabs and pocket flaps.  (Thinking of adding a few darts to the back.)   The cream cotton fabric has been with me for while and I think TBP is the 'perfect' choice for a swimmer coverup.

Hope you are feeling better soon Louise, and get some rest!

I'll be back here tomorrow morning with proportions for lace & linen skirt. I've been trying my best to hang onto a cold I caught last week! So far so good. Take everything you can and a cold will stay with you for 10 days. Do nothing and it will be gone in a week and a half. I've never used so many boxes of tissues in my life!

It's 10 minutes to 9, and I'm in bed...cold is winning, me, not so much!

till later, Louise

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Great Ziggi Ruth - fantastic job - that is on my list too (long term plan though - I have 2 leather jackets for the bike). My first leather jacket was this design, but was made by Walden Miller.

I love your attention to detail - even putting the strips in the zipper pull !!  Your Mum is right with one point - it looks like you could have bought it at a bike shop with the professional finish - take it as a compliment (my mum says things like that too).

I have the leather (I am using real leather) lining and cotton wadding (I had that thought too for the quilted pieces, great minds think alike) - I was also thinking of putting a kevlar lining in the sleeves (this is the most vunerable part when on a bike - dont ask how I know), maybe the whole thing - depends on the price of the kevlar fabric, I need to source that yet. 

I am also thinking of putting a zipper at the inside hem so I can zip them to my leather pants - do you think this would be a viable option with the pattern ?

Tanya





Have fun sewing.

Tanya