Breathe...relax...release...
Okay now I didn't fall off the wagon again...so it's okay! *LOL* No, I took an early lunch and headed over to Mood to purchase my monthly allotment for my next Mood Sewing Network garment. I've known for awhile that I wanted to make a transitional coat. I don't get as cold as I use to and I really like layers to stay warm so I've been wanting a couple of new transitional coats. I'd like a short one and a medium length one. I'm finally ready to sew a coat or two especially since I've been sewing fall since the beginning of August.
I knew I wanted to use this Butterick pattern...
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...and originally I'd wanted an eggplant colored boiled wool to use for the coat. However, that's not what came home with me. What is it about going into a really great fabric store, walking the aisles and stroking the fabrics that makes it seem like everything is right in the world? Or that its possible for you to sew anything? What is it about touching a variety of fabrications and imagining what they can be that takes you to that calming, zen-like place?
I don't know but I do know that I love to visit the fabric store and Mood in particular. Today I walked in and headed straight to the third floor and the wools. I love that floor, seriously! No, seriously, love that floor. There are so many treasures there, so many possibilities, so many unsewn outfits yet to come home with me! *LOL*
Anyway, back to the fabric choice. There are rows and rows of boiled wool on the third floor in a multitude of colors. So you would think that I would find the perfect eggplant in the perfect weight, right? You would be wrong. Now there was eggplant but they were too lightweight, more jacket weight than coat weight. So I let my fingers do the walking and then they touched this and I knew it was just right...
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...but the best part of this discovery was that the back of the fabric was bonded. You know how much I love fabric that is already backed. I was thinking of lining the coat but Meg says that I should just Hong Kong finish the seams...so I'm going to go with that. It will make it a quicker sew so I may end up making two more transitional jackets instead of just one but we'll see.
So that's what I'll be working on in October...along with finishing up "The Five in Five" dresses. BTW, I'm running a week behind. The Vogue 8935 pieces will be completed this weekend and I don't think I'll get the chance to start something new.
Well we shall see what come's out of the sewing machine this weekend...
...as always more later!
Okay now I didn't fall off the wagon again...so it's okay! *LOL* No, I took an early lunch and headed over to Mood to purchase my monthly allotment for my next Mood Sewing Network garment. I've known for awhile that I wanted to make a transitional coat. I don't get as cold as I use to and I really like layers to stay warm so I've been wanting a couple of new transitional coats. I'd like a short one and a medium length one. I'm finally ready to sew a coat or two especially since I've been sewing fall since the beginning of August.
I knew I wanted to use this Butterick pattern...
...and originally I'd wanted an eggplant colored boiled wool to use for the coat. However, that's not what came home with me. What is it about going into a really great fabric store, walking the aisles and stroking the fabrics that makes it seem like everything is right in the world? Or that its possible for you to sew anything? What is it about touching a variety of fabrications and imagining what they can be that takes you to that calming, zen-like place?
I don't know but I do know that I love to visit the fabric store and Mood in particular. Today I walked in and headed straight to the third floor and the wools. I love that floor, seriously! No, seriously, love that floor. There are so many treasures there, so many possibilities, so many unsewn outfits yet to come home with me! *LOL*
Anyway, back to the fabric choice. There are rows and rows of boiled wool on the third floor in a multitude of colors. So you would think that I would find the perfect eggplant in the perfect weight, right? You would be wrong. Now there was eggplant but they were too lightweight, more jacket weight than coat weight. So I let my fingers do the walking and then they touched this and I knew it was just right...
...but the best part of this discovery was that the back of the fabric was bonded. You know how much I love fabric that is already backed. I was thinking of lining the coat but Meg says that I should just Hong Kong finish the seams...so I'm going to go with that. It will make it a quicker sew so I may end up making two more transitional jackets instead of just one but we'll see.
So that's what I'll be working on in October...along with finishing up "The Five in Five" dresses. BTW, I'm running a week behind. The Vogue 8935 pieces will be completed this weekend and I don't think I'll get the chance to start something new.
Well we shall see what come's out of the sewing machine this weekend...
...as always more later!