Sew pleased with myself!

Well after 2 days of swearing, I've finally finished my wrap trousers! Hurray! My overlocker refused to work properly and I think I've finally figured out why. The L-shaped needle isn't coming up far enough for the straight needle to catch the thread. I'm going to have to see if it can be repaired. I gave up with the overlocker, and got out my sewing machine and the foot was missing! WTF?! I spent hours looking for it and eventually found it this morning under the wardrobe. I shall be interrogating the usual suspects. So, I managed to get the job done this evening. Tada!

I think next time I'm going to put darts in at the waist to give it a bit of shape. I also reconned the top; it's a bit low cut, so I'm going to have to wear a vest top under it, unless I can find a bit of ribbon to make it a little more decent.

I also received this beautiful scarf from Javede in the 'Pay It Forward' - Thank you so much. It's beautiful! I love the colour and the stitches.

I feel a little guilty because I haven't even started my gifts yet. Don't worry though, I will get working on them. This weeks just been a little hectic.

My Dad's 70th party was fun, despite ending up walking there in the rain and getting drenched, and M dropping Dad's present in the mud! *Doh* It was nice to catch up with relations and my cousin-in-law and I spent hours talking belly dancing. She wants to try it, so she's going to e-mail me and let me know how it goes! My family are all spread round the country, so we don't often get to be all together.