Pettycoat Jane

I have decided I need to take control at home.  As I work full-time I need more help around the house and then I will get time to do the things I love eg. making retro clothes.  I need a new wardrobe and want some good quality clothes for a change that I don't have to sew up the seams of after a few times of wearing them.
Here is a nightdress and robe that I made recently. It is a copy of one that my mum bought me for my honeymoon in 1986.

This is like one I made for myself when I went into hospital recently.   It did the trick.  It made me feel better and everyone loved it.  I wanted to see if there was a market in making these nightdresses for others.  It is for sale on my Etsy Shop www.etsy.com/shop/pettycash

Taking Control

Life is uncertain these days.  I have 2 jobs.  One working for Romany Theatre Company as Project Co-Ordinator and one for ICVS as Membership and Office Administrator, but neither are safe.  Both are working in the charity sector so we are reliant on funding and grants which are harder and harder to win these days.  I have decided not to leave it in the hands of fate and have started my etsy shop - Pettycoatjane.  If you have seen my shop you will know that my aim is to make clothes and sell them.  At the moment due to a lack of time I am selling vintage clothes.
Somehow, I don't seem to find time to sew much.  First I have to fight for space with everyone else in my family.  I need a whole table to cut the pattern out from the fabric.
Then there are the time constraints and family demands - All the fun of motherhood.
Having said this.  I have taken the first steps to taking control of my life.