bernina industrie 740-11

sitting outside the local Salvation Army store was this donated sewing machine - Bernina Industrie 740-11. There's strict regulations in NZ when on-selling second hand electrical items and this beauty was on it's way to the scrap yard. Luckily we were able to rescue it for a modest sum of $9 (it's scrap value) before they got around to cutting the wiring. It's now at the sewing machine repair shop getting a full service. When it gets back, Miss 17 will be using it for her fashion sewing.

Fergus dressups

 

 

Fergus stayed home yesterday with our two teenagers. These photos prove that homework and studying wasn't all they did...

emerging designer competitions 2013

 

 

firstly is Miss 16's entry in the Sylvia Park Shopping Centre - emerging designers competition. Her dress is made up in duchess ivory satin with a lace overlay and features huge detailed ruffles made from 14 metres of organza.  It's on display for just under 3 weeks before the competition closes. Good luck to all the 100+ young designers taking part...



 

then next is Miss 16's entry in the Newmarket Business Association - young designers competition. Her dress is made up in a white cotton/spandex fabric and features a virtual garden of flowers made up of 11 metres of fabric. She burnt the edges of each individual flower. This is a heavy dress - probably weighs about 5-6kgs. Another great effort...