As far as birthdays go, this year was pretty good. I went for a walk by the brook to take my Me May Made photo and had a meal out with my parents.

I think this is the first picture I've put up of my 40s dress. The fit isn't great and the construction's worse but it's an okay effort.

I need to get a bit of sewing done if I'm going to complete Me Made May, so once my parents had both gone off to work I dug out three meters of blue poly-cotton and started cutting. Using Mum and Dad's big wooden dining table is a dream.

I got all the pieces for view A cut out and did a couple of tailor tacks and I'm hoping to borrow Mum's machine tomorrow.