via UPS from our San Francisco trip, so this closes the chapter, I suppose. Most of these bottles need to be layed down for a few years (yeah, right, that's just going to happen. But I can pretend), so they'll go on the wine rack for a while. HAHAHAHA! Well, at least until the weekend. I STILL haven't finished my Burda pants. They have become the bain (bane?) of my very existence. Haunting me, taunting me from my sewing room. You can hear them if you listen closely: "You can't finish me, you can't finish me" I'm out of thread. No brown anywhere but a little on a bobbin. My machine decided to turn these into a hot home-sewn mess. The bar tacks at the pockets won't sew, just won't move back & forth right. I tried one of the 6 SIX 6 freakin' times. That was right before I threw the empty thread spool across the room - not a very long throw actually, but still satisfying in its way. The waist band isn't lining but when I put it together. So there is sits. A big, fat, ugly, smelly, stupid, beautifully fitting UFO.
Sew, in order to regain my sewing mojo and not just abandon a hobby I like, I cut out this:
The view in the upper right, but I drafted long sleeves (first time I've done this, cross your fingers it comes together) because I really want this for this fall/winter. I bought this brown stretch velvet last winter at Hancock's to make a top and just didn't get it done. I wanted a crossover top, until I realized that everyone I found self lined the front & that was just too much fabric and would stretch the front. Then it was early spring and brown velvet just lost its appeal. Well, it's back and now it's cut. I really didn't pay that much for this, but I do like it and really want this top. So it's sitting on top of the Burda pants in my sewing room, also waiting for brown thread. Yes, there is a theme here.
The view in the upper right, but I drafted long sleeves (first time I've done this, cross your fingers it comes together) because I really want this for this fall/winter. I bought this brown stretch velvet last winter at Hancock's to make a top and just didn't get it done. I wanted a crossover top, until I realized that everyone I found self lined the front & that was just too much fabric and would stretch the front. Then it was early spring and brown velvet just lost its appeal. Well, it's back and now it's cut. I really didn't pay that much for this, but I do like it and really want this top. So it's sitting on top of the Burda pants in my sewing room, also waiting for brown thread. Yes, there is a theme here.I was going to cut a couple of other items but, I didn't have enough fabric for the dress I wanted. I'm going to use the fabric from Spandex House 
& I have exactly 2 yards. The pattern I started with needed 2 1/2. I ordered a couple new patterns from McCall's today while they were on sale, and I think one of those will work better, so I'll just have to hold out. (I even got one for free! yea, me!)
& I have exactly 2 yards. The pattern I started with needed 2 1/2. I ordered a couple new patterns from McCall's today while they were on sale, and I think one of those will work better, so I'll just have to hold out. (I even got one for free! yea, me!)Next, I was going to use this:
from Vogue fabrics, but I really just don't know what to do with it. I LOVE it, it's soft and crisp at the same time. A little crinkly and I love the colors. I just stumped for a pattern. I went thru my stash about 10 times pulling out skirts and shoving them back in. There are 3 repeats of the border 
on the fabric and it's a wide enough repeat to easily make a skirt. But what pattern!?!?!?!? I'm SOOO open to suggestions. Please help! I want this for fall. The colors are pretty true: olives and wines.
from Vogue fabrics, but I really just don't know what to do with it. I LOVE it, it's soft and crisp at the same time. A little crinkly and I love the colors. I just stumped for a pattern. I went thru my stash about 10 times pulling out skirts and shoving them back in. There are 3 repeats of the border 
on the fabric and it's a wide enough repeat to easily make a skirt. But what pattern!?!?!?!? I'm SOOO open to suggestions. Please help! I want this for fall. The colors are pretty true: olives and wines.Well that's all the sewing and whining, um wining for now. Let me know if you have recommendations for the Vogue. I'm going to hit Hancock's for brown thread and can easily pick up a pattern.
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