Holiday, Linton Tweed, wedding and outfit

Hi everyone

I have combined my sister's wedding in Scotland with a road trip holiday to get there.

Firstly I promised to put up some pictures of the outfit I made for the wedding comprising my Burda jacket and Burda Style dress.  I wore this outfit with some lovely, albeit extremely high Carvella shoes and a great little satin flower bag given to me by my twin sister. Ignore the crumpled look of the left-hand sleeve head on the picture of the dress below, I had just put the outfit on and asked my D Mike to attach the lingerie strap to my slip and it got a little twisted in the process and never mentioned it to me before taking the photo's ahhhhh.

I am very glad I had the jacket to wear because the weather in Scotland was very cool and I never got to expose the dress because I felt too cold.

For our holiday route, we left our home base in Essex and set off on the first leg of our journey heading for beautiful Derbyshire, then on to the Yorkshire Dales, followed by Coniston Waters.  We left Coniston Waters on Tuesday heading for Loch Ness, but took a little detour to Linton Tweeds in Carlisle where I felt like I had died and gone to heaven. Our next destination was a beautiful little place which overlooked Loch Ness and last but not least we stopped just outside Aviemore before arriving in Elgin for the wedding.  Here are some pictures of our trip:

Above you can see me getting my fabric cut.  I specifically wanted some black and white 4-point star weave, which you can see laid out ready to be cut.  This is will be used for a traditional black and white Chanel type jacket. I then saw the lovely cream and black and found some nice honey coloured fabric which will work perfectly with this fabric for me to make a skirt.  I was delighted when I found some 1-metre lengths in their bargain bucket (I have to find a bargain) one of which was the exact same blue wool crepe as my dress.  This extra length of fabric will now give me enough to make a skirt to wear with my jacket which I am delighted with.  I found two other pieces that I will be able to put to good use and finished my purchase with some more of their 100% wool crepe in black, which I will make a dress and skirt, ideal to wear with the jackets I will make from the other fabrics.

I guess I was a little surprised by the size of the shop, which shares it space with a coffee/tea lounge, and an area of RTW garments.  I wasn't interested in any of the RTW items, but could have easily bought a lot more than I did - the fabric is beautiful and the girls are so helpful.  If you get a chance go. 

Now for a little selection of pictures from our trip.

Can you spot Nessie in the pictures above?  Our folding bikes came in really handy when we wanted to go and explore, and can you believe that Mike kept asking me to get closer to the waterfall - is this a sign I ask myself - should I be worried?????

In a small town close to Aviemore, famous for its skiing centre, we spotted this beautiful little red squirrel outside our bedroom window - this was a first for me, and look at the wonderful cattle - don't you just want to give them a hug?

Last but not least I have to include a photograph of the wedding - from left to right, my sister's daughter-in-law, her new husband Robert, Linda the bride and her son Ross, and in the front row, Ross and Karen's wonderful family, Ollie aged 2.5yrs, Adam 4.5yrs and a very grown up Owen aged 6. Don't they look handsome.

Check out the guys dressed in their kilts - they had to do a twirl for the camera ha ha.

So, bags are unpacked, washing on and we have one more day at home before heading back to work.  I am off to Paris on Tuesday for 3 days but will have the whole weekend to myself to start on my next sewing project.

I hope you have all been busy - I have lots of catching up to do.  Catch you all later..............................