Ohhhh I want iiiiit. It’s £25 sodding pounds though, and I refuse to pay that much for that little fabric! I’ve been searching in vain for similar lace, and the one I liked the most was this on ebay :

It’s not quite the same… and I’m not sure if I’ll find jersey fabric the same colour, so I might do the ruffle in the same lace fabric? If I’m buying a metre, I may as well use it after all! I checked in my local fabric shop today, and lace was selling for about 14.95 euros a metre… which still ends up cheaper than the top itself, but there wasn’t really anything that took my fancy.

As for what I’d wear it with… I am certainly not comfortable with wearing it belly out, so I was thinking of making some sort of black shift dress to go underneath, fairly body-con… I have to figure that out, as well as how to make the actual pattern!

Any ideas or suggestions out there as to how I can achieve this top? I think I have a pattern in mind that could be adjusted, but I’m not sure as of yet.

As for current projects, my skirt is being sewed as I type… well, not really, because I’m typing, ha! Oh, how I wish for a sewing pixie to do these things for me… I did cut out the McCalls pattern last night :

Pun the bodice parts on Sally for tidiness’ sake! Looks pretty crap like that though eh? Can’t wait until it’s done, I hope it comes out well. Bit concerned about the sizing, but I measured myself and it should be correct! … aaand I just noticed my washing visible in the background hahaha

1) I found a place to live in Dortmund! I’m sub-leasing the room of a girl who is going to Wolverhampton until March – I spoke to one of my housemates today, he seemed really cool. They’re all photographers, which should be interesting! After March, I’m staying in this Guesthouse I found, which, if I remember correctly, is on the same street as where I’m going to be living for the first part of the year! So it’s worked out pretty well in the end. Interestingly, my friend received a phonecall from her school the other day and was told by her Betreuungslehrerin that she shouldn’t look online because she will, in all likelihood, get a bad deal. I thought I should mention it if perhaps one day someone were to chance on this blog looking for information about an Assistantship abroad. However, my experience has been really positive – I think it’s pretty much the same as when you look for student accommodation; luck of the draw. You could get a shit landlord or you could get  one who can’t do enough for you, there’s plenty of both types around, so I wouldn’t rule out sites like Wg-Gesucht.

2) Speaking of landlords, still haven’t had my deposit back, grr. My housemates aren’t happy either as they have to pay deposit and rent for their place this year and need that money. I’m going to keep calling him and texting him until he does it.

3) I’m slooowly getting everything done for Germany. EHIC has been ordered, accommodation sorted, cash account from Nationwide (because they’re the only bank who don’t charge for taking money out at a foreign cashpoint)… I still need to sort my contact lenses and some more medical stuff. I also badly need new glasses – mine broke earlier this week, and while they’ve been fixed now, they’re still missing those plastic bits that go by your nose and I think after three years I need a new pair…

4) I’ve been sewing a hell of a lot of stuff. I found this awesome site, Burdastyle, where you can get free and/or cheap patterns that you print off at home. So far I’ve made two dresses, two skirts and there’s a top lying around that’s not really finished. I are ze sewing masterr! I have a profile on there now, which I’ll be updating soon, and I’ll update here with a proper blog post at some point…