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My sewing machine is not well. It either “won’t go” or it “won’t stop“. I find myself obsessing over the fact that I can’t sew.
When I obsess this is what I do -

In the last 2 days I have cut out 4 new projects, had inspiration to the point of drafting out another, and am frantically rummaging through old BWOF to find another project that I suddenly remembered I wanted to make. In times of personal trouble or stress, I get obsessive. I clean, I cook. So in times of sewing stress, I cut, and cut and cut! I find project after project that have to be done NOW, and I can’t stop thinking about the fact that I can’t accomplish what I want to do. Meanwhile, the work is piling up, and nothing is getting done.

Boy would a therapist have a field day with me!!

Standing up tall and proud…

“Hello my name is Connie and I am a sewing addict”

Now come on all of you …..

“Hello, Connie”

“Sigh” Then…brightening up…

“Wanna see what I have planned for when I have a sewing machine that works??!!”

Project 1. Vogue- that Rucci dress. All is underlined and ONE dart is sewn. Wow have I progressed! (hear the sarcasm dripping here?

Project 2. A take off on D #5’s new tee. At least this one can be done on the serger! Lauren came down for church on Sunday wearing the cutest shirt. A knit, shortsleeved tee with a turtleneck and gathers that started just above the bust. “I bought it in three different colours“, she stated. Someone pays that girl too much money to cut grass! Well I just had to have it. So I pulled out “Patternmaking for Fashion Design” and went to work. By the way, if you do not have this manual, and like to design and draft, you should really get it. It is a great resourse. But again I digress.
So far I like what I have come up with. Laurs fabric is thinner and more drapey. I also think I went a bit overboard on the gathers. But I like it.
Oh by the way. I was sitting at the serger with this top, thinking about the drafting, and my eye fell on this pattern that I picked up a while ago. See the yellow one? If you curved the upper bodice, changed the sleeve and made the body more narrow - that would be it! Oh well- drafting is fun!

Project #3. Just a simple skirt using McCalls 5591 and brown floral silk. I had a really hard time finding a nice light fabric for the contrast band at the bottom. You would think that brown is brown - nope! I settled on a lovely cotton/silk/bamboo blend that I am also using for lining (which, by the way, the pattern does not call for, but is neccessary in my mind)

Project #4. The Swimsuit. It is coming along swimmingly. (oh I kill myself with my puns!)

No photos today- you were lucky to get a post at all! Work has been nutso. With planting and reporting deadlines and new programs, farmers are going crazy. The weather hasn’t co-operated much either. While we haven’t had the rains the midwest has, the “windows of opportunity” are few and far between. Add to that disease pressures such as the ugly army worm, and a new project at work that I have been asked to be involved with, and you can imagine that my free time is nowhere to be found!

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