Who do you think you're kidding Mr Hitler?..

  On Saturday the 20th of November I went to visit my auntie Jj in London. She was appearing Dad's army the musical which fits in brilliantly with my current project, I also went dressed in 1940s wear but sadly I was the only one who had bothered. It was performed in a town hall which gave a stronger impression of 2nd world war life. We sat round tables, ate cakes and drank tea, how very British. The hall was decorated with bunting and WWII propaganda posters.
  I felt that I had started to understand (even just slightly) how important morale is during War and the British always get it right... Tea and Cake all the way.

Make do and mend...

  My current project at college is Make do and mend. I am really enjoying it so far as I have had a chance to personalize a project more than usual. I have looked into my family history around the second world war.

  At the start of the second world war ration books were issued to everybody. The british public had a limited supply of clothing rations and so they began to make new clothes from old warn garments. a booklet was then issued to the women of Britain called 'Make do and mend', this informed women of how best to look after clothing and how to mend holes in clothes, darn socks and make things look as good as new.
  People particularly young women are now becoming more interested in crafts, for instance I have set myself the challenge of making most of my christmas presents, however as we are getting to the end of November and I have only made one I think I had better pull my finger out.
  Fashion has become so important to men and women alike that it would be hard to imagine, if modern Britain was put in the same position of 70 years ago how would we cope? Would we be able to conform to rationing or would this divide the classes completely?

I have just finished making this cushion cover, it took me about an hour. I am trying to make most of my christmas presents this year and this is for my little sister. To make a cushion cover like this you need: * A piece of material double the width of the cusion with a bit extra to over lap like a pillow case and enough to hem. * Material scissors. * Pins. * Cushion. * Sewing machine. To make it you turn in each end and stitch and then repeat to form a secure hem. Then if your material frays like mine was sew a stay stitch along the long edegs. Turn the fabric so it is the wrong side down, put the cushion in the middle and wrap it over so the back over-laps (look at a pillow case to be sure.) Then pin and stitch along one edge, pop the cushion back in and do the same along the other side. make sure to take the cushion out before you sew. turn it inside out and there you have it. I hope you have as much fun making it as I did and I will be adding to this to show what I have added  to the cushion to make I more exciting.  





That little black dress...

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