Falltastic

Sew, this won't be as much as a sewing blog as a reflection of where I'm at.  My husband is hard at work at painting and moving furniture to create me a sewing area in our dining room so I won't have to hide in the bedroom to sew.  He is my biggest supporter.  I am going to convert a "shrank" we brought from Germany into a sewing storage area and an old pine table as my sewing station.  This will make my bedroom back into a bedroom and not the sewing area.  My room that would be a sewing area is now my prodigal son who has returned home after a divorce and while he finishes school.  I don't begrudge him being there, but he does take up space. 

I love the fact that my husband supports my efforts.  I finished a pair of pants today (a muslin) McCall's 6361 to see if the pant pattern will work for a lovely wool I have.  The one thing I don't like about the pants is that they are slightly tapered which is horrid on my figure which is very much curvy hourglass. My husband helped me alter them so the pants didn't look so clown-like.   I altered them on the sides so the the pants were more straight leg.   I made the pants out of a heavy navy poplin, so they will get use.

Tomorrow is my last night of the first college course I've taken in years.  I've done well, but tomorrow is a group presentation in which the only group working on it is me.  I made a powerpoint presentation because,except for one member who gave me a brlliant definition, the others were just not there.  I feel good about my participation and I've never done an on-line class before, so this was a lot of learning. 

I have staff training tomorrow and then college, so busy busy day.  I love my job, but feel I little overwhelmed.  I will end this blog now, Sew, not much to say, but this is a busy week.  I have to watch New Jersey Housewives to get my fix.  Ciao for now....

Fall into Sewing

Sew, I tried very hard to make that Vogue pattern to work, but even my husband said it was horrendous.  It didn't fit better after I adjusted the shoulders, the sleeves.  I admit, I chucked it into the trash...I hate waste but really, it was not going to work and if I held onto it, it would be calling me to finish it.  I hate not finishing a project, but oh, well.

What did work is that I have been doing some fall sewing.  I made a lovely cowled sweater.  I used Butterick 5388 and the only modification I made was to add an additional tuck in the front because the sweater knit was stretchy and the neck was too loose.  I also got busy making a lined vest and skirt. (The sweater is an RTW I scored at Marshall's last winter.  I thought it looked nice together.

To add to that sewing frenzy, today I whipped out McCall's6116, a cordoroy shirt dress.  Sorry about the blurry image, but wanted you to get the whole effect.  Sew, now I have some lovely wools to make some new trousers, and skirts that I need for work.  I can't ever find good wool pants in my price range (cheap), and that don't need much alterations, so I'm going to make my own.  I will make a muslin first to make sure they fit.

Sew, that's what I've been up to. Squirrels are busy putting away their nuts.  I'm busy squirreling away some lovely winter clothes.  Sew much better than shopping...