Big projects
- Black Chanel Jacket - I have been seduced by the video. Now I want my own. I have been gathering supplies, including fabric, lining, trim, buttons, iron-on tape, chain. Have not decided yet whether to try and drape my own pattern or use an existing one.
- The Slip Project - started last year. Put on hold when I moved house. Paused but not forgotten.
- Lingerie - drafting my own patterns. A continuing project that I will work on in July of each year. It is July now and I have started again for this year.
- Sloper - earlier this year I started comparing personal slopers drafted using different methods (Aldrich, Bunka, European Cut). I'm considering this a life-long project. No immediate hurry.
- I decided to inject some fashionable colours into my wardrobe, which I have done with my yellow skirt, fuscia skirt and orange dress.
- I decided it was time to embrace the pencil skirt silhouette. I have completed my yellow skirt, fuscia skirt and have a white skirt in progress. That should be enough I think.
- Most winters I add one new knit dress to my wardrobe. I have a red fabric and a brown one, but can't decide what I want to do with them.
- I'm on the fence with the peplum trend. I was going to give it a miss, but I saw some interesting interpretations in the runway shows that have piqued my interest.
- I still have some Twinkle patterns I want to try
- I have a couple more Papercut patterns to try
- I have a Conni Crawford blouse pattern. She came to town last year. I went to her seminar and tried on one of her patterns. It was made up in a heavy crepe fabric. I want to see how well her patterns fit me in a less forgiving fabric.
- I have many pieces of fabric in my stash that I adore. Too many to list
- I need more sturdy shorts (ie not linen)
- More basic tees
- Straight leg jeans that don't reveal my underwear when I bend over
- Cool, summer, sun-smart blouses
- I have been giving my cover-stitch machine a workout this year, learning how to use it. I haven't shown you everything yet, but I have been plugging away. I have done a couple of lycra projects, but need to practice my skills in this area.
- Tessuti stripes and spots. Last year's entries were so good that I feel a little intimidated, but I haven't given up on this idea completely yet.
- PR has a lined jacket contest coming up. I have fabric, pattern and lining for a lined jacket in my stash, but I don't think this is where my heart lies at the moment.
- My boys need new jeans. They have such narrow hips, that even when I buy adjustable jeans, the waist has to be really pulled in and is bulky. I traced a Burda pattern off last year to make them some. I have fabric. Just need to get started, I guess.
6 comments:
I like the not aspect of your list. It sounds nicely flexible. I have a few of these things on my maybe list too. Why are boy's jeans so wide? I do not want to sew these things but moving out of the adjustable waist sizes for length issues has caused a huge fitting issue.
ooh - PR has a lined jacket competition coming up? Sounds like just my cup of tea!
haha - not a to do list indeed. I have one of these as well :)
Lists - I reckon they form part of the sewer's brain structure. I'm considering having a top, skirt and trouser sloper made by a dressmaker to take the time and margin for error out of my more enjoyable sewing.
I have a "not a to do" list, too right now. I've decided that if I get to everything on it I will officially declare myself sewing super woman ;). In defense of peplums, I think the length of the actual peplum is what makes it work. It has to hit in the right place and not be too short of too long. And I like them when they are not overly retro, if you know what I mean.
I love this. It sounds a lot like my list. I come back to a lot of things months later. I also have all those drafting books! I was actually thinking of comparing the 3, too--I've drafted the European Cut but never fitted. I like thinking about bras a lot--I've drafted 3 more of my own. I think I like the thinking about and drafting part a whole lot, and then oddly feel sort of finished when I'm done drafting.
Oh yes, I started a "To Do List" which is now my "Can't do list". I haven't got any problems starting i.e. cutting but it's the sewing bit that I can't seem to allocate time. I think I've lost a bit of confidence and I'm not sure why. Housework etc also distracts me.
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