She's Crafty

Sewing machine up and running and one trip to John Lewis later and I've got everything I need for my new craft project. Can you tell what it is yet is going to be yet?

The book case in the picture is from a reprint of Anne Fogarty's 1959 The Art of Being A Well-Dressed Wife, coming out in February.

And for a clue to my craft project, should it prove successful, take a look at Natalie Portman's premiere outfit...