Gotta sew something.

Since I got the New Home purring yesterday, I really needed to have something to do with it. And since I'm at my son's, I have no patterns, stash, notions or well anything. So it was off to JoAnn's this morning, by the way, Sunday morning is the ideal time to shop JoAnn's. I was first in line at the cutting table and there were no crying children. I didn't have a specific project in mind, I was just going to shop until I found what I was looking for.

In the front of the store there were 2 islands with summer fabrics at 90% off. Yes, I said 90%, that is not a typo. So I came home with these: The grey is a linen/cotton blend, the floral is a very soft and silky all poly - not usually a favorite of mine but I liked this, and the white is 100% cotton with rayon embroidery. I spent a whopping $10 on the whole lot of around 10 yards. I may go back again tomorrow and clean out the rest of the stuff I liked. All very summery and pretty. The zipper and thread cost more than the fabric.

For patterns I picked out a Butterick See & Sew for the floral planning on view B on the right - I'm getting tired of V-neck everything. The bodice lining will cost more than the fashion fabric, unless I ditch the lining which I've been known to do....

And I found New Look 6957 Thinking the short sleeved version for the while cotton.

These are the first paper patterns I've bought in ages - I've done mostly Burda when I've had time to sew at all with a few Jalie thrown in for spice.

I got the pattern ready to cut the dress, including adding the extra bodice length. Will cut tomorrow while working from "home".

Not shown is the brown flannel pillowcase I made for my son's foot rest. It's quite the snoozer project, but was a good first machine project.