Holidays, fabrics and plans

I am off work for a whole week. This is an excellent opportunity to get on with some projects old and new!
I am going to start on the clasic lolita dress made from the floral fabric.
This is going to involve making elasticated sleeves which I haven't done before and I don't really have a pattern for.
Luckily I picked up a stack of really cheap remnants for a department store sale - so I'll do a little trial and error with those.

I've already bought a ring to go with this outfit. I couldn't resist as its so pretty! They are in the sale in various colours in evans/topshop/dorothy perkins in the UK. They also have them on hair slides.