Sandy Snowden

While I am thinking about colours, I start in with the drafting. I have a go to pattern for these show gown. Already long, I can make it sho...

Every work like this gown starts with auditioning fabrics and threads to see who gets to have a role in the main act! The blueish dark o...

Week 24 June 2015 A bit of time to explain the beads. The pearl look beads are size 11. The second row and the beads on either side of t...

Wee little bug came in with me from the garden on my lunch plate.

I have had a brain full of my 2015 Fashion Sans Frontieres gown for a while. Now that unexpected things are out of the way, I will be right ...

The story behind the bead project for this month is trying out stitching onto little elastic bands in a similar way as I have done on 0 ring...

Thanks for being patient with me. We were able to change our pre-booked tickets for going to America in July for my dad's 80th birthday....

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Oxalis - I love these leaves. They will have pink flowers coming up. Rhododendron - a new shrub for us.

Holly in the front garden Weigela in the back garden

Pink Clematis growing through the apple tree Purple Clematis growing in the hedgey bit of the front garden

Getting ready to go to America. Plastic poppers...just right for the top of this new blouse . The beads made it a little heavy and the sta...

Week 22 May 2015 no.144 no.145 no.146 no.147 no.148 no.149 no.150 no.151 May's beads

As you might have guessed, the piece of work is not being done. I am a bit all over the place. So I have been doing some research for an upc...