Sally in the Studio by Stella

The youngest is 12
and in her last year of Primary School

she's always had her sights set on a particular High School which offers a fantastic range of Academic & Art focused Specialist Programs 

and because it's not in our school zone

the only way for her to gain access to this top ranked secondary school was 
if we sold up & moved

or she produced a jaw-dropping-knock-their-socks-off Portfolio 

so she set about doing just that 
armed with a borrowed camera & tripod and little-to-no knowledge of movie making

and it worked

this is one of the short stop-go movies she created which got her in....

to say we're proud is an understatement

I don't talk much about family stuff on here

and if it wasn't for the fact that Stella shot this in my sewing Studio
 using my REinventing Samples

I wouldn't be sharing the video

in doing so I'd also like to share that 

the road to this point has been paved with pot holes 

even though this child was born with a smile on her face

[I know this because you only see her dimple when she smiles]

she has suffered her own demons over the past few years

and to see her take control of her destiny

and set her own course is all we could have hoped for

and

to say we're proud 
is an understatement.

Fashion Predictions for 2000 from 1939.

Little did they know the fashions from 1939
would never go out of fashion...

Change your Words Change your World

An interesting way to get a powerful message across...

Love Gingham.

My love of Gingham began with a frock

I was 8yrs old

I wore that frock til the seams started to give

then the trauma of having to make an apron during home ec classes put me off wearing Gingham ever again

to this day though Gingham makes me smile 
and remember fondly
sneaking the fave frock out of the house so I could have my school photo taken in it
[sorry Mum]

Thanks Sue for sending this video through
- it's as much fun as the fabric is.