The Slump Is Coming To An End!

Long time no see, I know, I know. All I could do these past few months is twiddle my thumbs and dream of when I could sew again. My poor babies have been packed up in boxes since November.
Purchasing the home fell through, but we were so far in the processes that our apartment had already been promised to another. So we still had to move and unfortunately to a smaller place where I couldn’t unpack my sewing at at all. The good news is that we are moving as soon as the girls get out of school to a place that will allow me to unpack my babies and get back to work. Not my own dedicated sewing room yet, but it’s coming….I can taste it.
In my hiatus I’ve bought fabric and patterns, and more fabric and more patterns . I was smitten with the May Burda so I got that too. I must confess I have avoided all your blogs in fear of being consumed with jealousy by your ability to create. Now that there is some light at the end of the tunnel don’t have a heart attack if you see me commenting on stuff from months ago.

I’m Passing the Torch Or I’m Turn Into A Crazy Doll Lady

Greetings!
I know long time no see! Buying a house can be a hellacious process. Our closing was suppose to be on the 19th of November, but we are still at the apartment living out of boxes with no end date in sight!!! It could be any day now or it could be two months from now.
My machines are packed in boxes.
My fabric is in plastic bags and boxes.
I contemplate unpacking them but my dresser/cutting table is gone.
Every inch of free space on the floor has a box in it it seems.
If I really get inspired I could go to Lowes, get big piece of wood, and put it on the bed for a make shift cutting table.
Or I could sew small.

I bought Brooklyn two American Girl dolls for Christmas.
Yup the dolls I said I was never ever ever paying that kind of money for.
But it was all she wanted and I know if he was here my dad would have gotten it for her. They always looked forward to Grandpop’s Christmas present because no matter how expensive or impractical he always got them exactly what they wanted.
She had just found out about them in September when a catalog came in the mail. I made it 9 years and slipped up with damn mail. She always gets the catalogs and InStyle magazines first. So since September that is all she talks about. She found out girls in her class have them, there is a store in Dallas where you can have lunch with your doll, and there are YouTube videos and channels devoted to them. Hooked i tell ya!! I rationalized that I manage to have one child that never got into the doll thing, and the second doll was so cheap thanks to some Today Show deal that I couldn’t pass it up.
The doll itself is one thing but their clothes ain’t cheap either, so when Hancocks had there recent sale I decided to get her dolls some patterns.
In my mind I was thinking: Awwww she can sew her doll’s clothes which will be a minimal dent in my fabric(remember I hate sharing my fabric) and will further her love of sewing.
Now I’m thinking: I could totally hook these dolls up!!!
Not much fabric so i don’t need a big cutting area and I could probably whip out several outfits a day!
Yup. Crazy doll lady in the making.

Or I could knit.

Triple <3

Craftsy Got Me Again!!!!

Even though I’m in the process of packing up all of my sewing possessions I’ve bought 2 more Craftsy courses, because  I’m a sucka for ‘we miss you here’s a discount’ emails.

That’s eleven Craftsy classes!  ELEVEN!!!

Anybody else notice that every time you get a sewing related email, 9 times out of 10 its going to be a Craftsy class advertisement?  BurdaStyle, Threads, McCalls, and of course Craftsy seem to send me several emails daily.  Of course I don’t want to miss out on an announcement about a new class or a coupon to entice me to add to the pile, but man maybe they should get together and stagger when those bad boys go out!

In case you want to add to your Craftsy addiction here are my current courses:

The sewing ones:

I’m also enrolled in the Scarlet Suit Jacket course but I guess that has become “course that must not be named” because I didn’t see it on the main page but I could access it just fine.

 

 

 

 

 

Next we have the Knitting ones:

 

 

 

 

 

And one crochet course:

 

 

 

 

 

SMDH I feel like a Pokemon card collector!!!

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Dream Spaces

I have been sewing folks but nothing to show for it yet. I have also been house hunting which is fun, BUT I have to drive about 5 hours to do so and come back, so needless to say on those days not much of anything gets done. Looking at houses has inspired me to really beginning thinking about where I will sew.

I’ve Decided!

I’m going with the houndstooth this time!

I can really see myself wearing it if that makes any sense. I could technically see myself wearing a version in all the fabrics I dragged out, but I always came back to this one. It’s a little on the light side so I’m going to look for something a tad bit thicker than muslin to underline it with. I’m also going to keep my lovely lining a surprise.

I only have 6 buttons that match and fit the size requirements though so hopefully these standard issue black ones will be there. I always buy buttons when they are on sale even if I don’t have a project in mind.  6 buttons seems to be my limit on large buttons and 8 to12 on the smaller packs cause every time I found a button I thought might work I only had six of em! Those seemed the least likely to give me any hassle with finding two more.
I’m keeping the sewing goals for October pretty light. Just going to work on my two jackets and see where the sewing mojo takes me. I do have the pattern drafting sew along starting in November as well as the Thurlow sew along  that LLadybird is starting at the end of the month so I will be milling over those and “trying” to sew a wardrobe….in my mind.:)

What are your plans for the month?

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Goodies In The Mail

Planning to Fail

Y’all know how much I love to plan and then not do a single thing right?  If only thinking about a sewing garment actually made the darn thing!!!  I was trying to pin myself down to a fabric for my Anise, which is proving very difficult because the perfect fabric is in its honorable Untouchable place. Did I write about the Untouchables here or was it the other blog? To make a long story short there is fabric in my stash that I can’t bare to cut either because I’m indecisive about the project or I don’t think my skills will do it justice.  Yup the fabric is just too buttery delicious to be cut at the moment.  I have a lovely houndstooth or a pink gabardine that are not untouchable however they seem a little too thin.  BUT the pattern does say linen can work and they are probably have a wee bit more body then most linens.  Do I feel like dealing with a plaid? Theres  a beautiful orange and tan plaid wool in there.  There some olive green twill as well as some heavy enough denim….I just don’t know.  I can imagine myself wearing each and every one.  It makes no sense to attach photos because it will probably end up not being either of the ones I mentioned. *sigh*

I’ve been trying to kick myself into Fall/Winter planning but all I really think about is pinks, and corals, and florals.  OH MY!  (Did you catch the Wizard of Oz joke there? Just checking!) Maybe I can get a jump on the spring lol.   So far all I’ve got is a pair of pants.

Green Skinny Jean by uniqueimage featuring allsaints

I have a lovely corduroy in that exact color.  Just a matter of if I want to tackle clovers again or try a actual skinny jean pattern.  There is also the pesky part that once I make said pair of pants they will go with nothing else in my closet.   Of course I have a grey cardigan but that’s about it.  I’m back to thinking about 4PAC or  6PAC wardrobe sewing even though none of it usually gets sewn.  Dressing would be so much easier if I could only commit.

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