Dear Santa...sewing stocking stuffers

Dear Santa,  just in case you need some ideas for stocking fillers, here's a little bit of help... 

A pattern from the latest range of Papercut Pattern.  I really do think I need these.  Any one will do!

I always curse when I'm turning little fabric tubes, so this would be great ( buy at the Haby Goddess)

Remember when I bought that giant roll of interfacing from Spotlight for tracing and how much I loved it, well, it's all finished and Spotlight don't make it any more, so how about you bring me some Swedish tracing paper?  According to Crafty Mamas it's THE BEST.

Every since I made the Wiksten Tank and saw the photos of the hem gauge in the instructions, I've been dreaming about having a hem gauge.  You know I need all the help I can get with hemming!

Lastly, Santa. I know I got a new camera for my birthday and I love it, but let's face it, I need someone to use it.  So, how about you pop Mario Testino in the stocking so next year I can have some nice photos of myself in all my sewing creations.  

ready for the weekend

The fabric (I bought last weekend) is now cut out using McCalls 5591, so the weekend is looking good for a bit of sewing. The big half yearly sale starts tomorrow down at the fabric store, so I may also be posting some new Liberty of London fabric tomorrow night that I picked up on sale.  Fingers crossed.  Although how many Liberty items does a girl really need!?  I do however need some lace for my stipey top (after the lace I bought last weekend was too small), so it is a must that I go!!

I've signed up with a couple of girls from work to do the online sewing course at the Sew School Online by the Haby Goddess.  It's over 6 weeks starting 16 July.  It's so fun that they are so excited about it.  They are even going out and buying sewing machines this weekend!  I'm really looking forward to it as well. There are so many things that I shy away from sewing which I would love to do. Hopefully this will push me in the right direction.