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Me Made May Days 7-10

Day 7: Thursday 

Simplicity 3535On Thursday I never got around to taking a full body picture of my outfit because I was at a local artisan event called Yart Sale.  I was so busy checking out everyone’s awesome stuff that I forgot I needed a picture.  However, it wasn’t super exciting.  It was my version of Simplicity 3535 from 2011 paired with jeans.

 

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One of the things I did at Yart was go to the new local Yarn store called Yarn Stories, for a yarn tasting featuring Cascade Yarns.  It was a lot of fun.    I tried out two different yarns, the orange is acrylic and the green is wool.  Both were fantastic!  There were quite a few knitters and crocheters there.  I enjoyed talking with them and learned that they regularly meet at the shop to work on their own projects every Thursday.  I am going to try to go back there some time soon with a project to work on.

 

Musings of a Seamstress The Cascade rep that was there gave everyone  a skein for free too.  Mine was the coral Longwood skein which is 100%  Superfine Merino Wool.  It is so soft.  I haven’t a clue what I want to make with it just yet.  I also purchased the bright green Eco +, which is 100% Peruvian Highland Wool.  This one is also super soft and chunky.  I am not exactly sure what I will make but I know I want it so be some sort of scarf, either infinity or a large cowl.

Musings of a Seamstress MMe Made May Day 8Day 8: Friday

I wore McCall’s 6700, which I made last year for Jungle January.  I wasn’t sure about this dress at first when I made it, but it has grown on me this year.

Sadly, nothing exciting happened on Friday other than going to the grocery store. Woot!

Musings of a Seamstress Me Made May Day 9Day 9: Saturday

As opposed to yesterday, something fun did happen today.  Eric and I went to the Indiamapolis Children’s Museum with our friends and nephews.  I wore my Simplicity 1804 dress that I made last year.  We had a lot of fun at the museum with the boys.  They were super excited about checking out the Transformers and Hot Wheels exhibits.  They also had an exhibit on TV and film with some awesome costumes including Captain Hook’s pirate costume from Hook, Jeannie’s outfit from I Dream of Jeannie and both red Annie dresses from the old and new versions of Annie.  I have a lot of pictures of all the cool stuff, but they are still on my phone.  I will try to get them off and post about them this week.

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Day 10 : Sunday

Then we come to today, Mother’s Day. I wore my New Look 6875 top with my Butterick 5330 skirt. Both were made in 2012.

This one day is always a bit rough.  I try to avoid Facebook like it has the plague.  I have always equated today to what Valentine’s Day is like for singles.  It is a yearly reminder that my desire for a family is still unfulfilled and I am another year older.  But it is not just me that struggles through this day.  There are also those who have lost their mothers or those that have lost their children.  Those that have strained relationships with their mothers or children.  With that thought in mind I ask that you send out a prayer for thoughts of well wishes for those who do have a hard time today.

January Round-up

While watching the Broncos get trounced in the Super Bowl tonight I decided to do my January Round-up. I had quite a productive January.  I made two garments for Jungle January, which was a blast this year!  I love that February is now Ferocious February too.  I have a couple of other projects that I have to complete first but if I can get them done before the end of the month I will definitely be making something for Ferocious February.

So, what all did I accomplish this month?  Well lets start with fabric totals.

This month I brought in 36 1/2 yards. I got 3 1/2 yards of black swimwear lining from Jo-Ann’s to line maxi dress I made this month, but more on that in a moment, and 8 yards of a cool royal blue for costuming purposes that I got for free. I also made an early purchase from Fabric Mart when I was snowed in and they had an amazing sale on chiffon and charmeuse.  I ended up with 25 yards of fabric.

 3 yards of each polka dot chiffon – one coral, one white and one black.

3 yards white with yellow print charmeuse.

7 yards of hunter green polysatin moleskin

6 yard free mystery bundle (not pictured)

The charmeuse is going to be a future coat lining, not sure what yet, so for now it is stash.  The moleskin is for my March of the Shieldmaiden costume next month. The coral polka dot will be an amazing Archer sometime soon!

 

I used 13 3/4 yards and gave away 14 yards for a total of 27 3/4 yards out.  That leaves me with + 8 3/4’s of a yard for the month.  I am working hard to be in the negative for February.  It is hard to keep the fabric purchases in check, but I am getting there.

The fabric that I did use included the 1 1/2 yards of leopard burnout for my Snow Leopard tunic that I posted about a couple of weeks ago.

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I also made a new maxi dress to wear on my New Orleans trip in June.  I made it now for Jungle January.  I used 3 1/2 yards of a zebra/tiger print with a metallic leopard print over top stretch swimwear fabric with 2 1/4 yards of black swimwear lining.  I used McCalls 6700.  This is the first time I have made this pattern too.  Yay for patten stash busting.  Check out my review of PR of the pattern.  Side note, I am for sure wearing jeans and boots under this dress.  It was only in the 20’s a and snowy covered when I went outside to take the picture today.

 

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I also used 3 yards of plaid flannel for pj pants with pockets for Eric and 3 yards of the heart flannel for pj pants for myself.  The pink horses and purple/gray print were UFO’s that I finally finished.  These were intended to be Christmas presents for family 2 years ago that I cut out and never made.  Well it was time to get them out of my sewing space!

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Lastly I used 1/2 yard of mouse printed sweatshirt knit from Girl Charlee Fabrics to make a new infinity scarf.  I love it!  I debated making leggings for my nieces but I got a little selfish and decided I could not part with it.  This was my first purchase from Girl Charlee and I really like their stuff.  I will be purchasing from them again.

For February I do not have a lot planned, just one quick and easy project for me and one super indepth, challenging and time consuming project for Eric.  The big project is going to force me perfect my welt pockets and mens’ tailoring, which make me super nervous.  I have put this off long enough, time to make it happen.