Posted by Paulette on Jan 20, 2009 in
Sewing 
Found the camera….and here is what I bought!!
There are cottons, silks, wools, wool – blends (wool/cashmere and wool/cashmere/mink), knit jersey, brocades, and lace. I know some are very hard to see but as I work on projects, you’ll get better pics!
I had WAY TOO MUCH fun shopping on Goldhawk Road thanks to Melissa at Fehrtrade.com. Her shopping review was what got me out there! I also shopped at Joel & Son along with Jason’s Fabrics while in London. Joel & Son supplies fabrics to the Queen which I did not know until I went there. The nice thing about Joel & Son was that you could find the designer fabrics you see in the magazines!! They are even oh so helpful to have some of the pictures right next to the bolt!!! Well, wish me luck finding just the right pattern for each piece on the table…and did I mention that I like to quilt too so I already have a closet full of mostly cottons just for that?! 
Posted by Paulette on Jan 20, 2009 in
Sewing Oh, almost forgot….
Been thinking about this over the last few months and I am trying to decide if I should enter a SWAP (sewing with a plan) contest. Stitcher’s Guild has one in progress right now (tried to link to it) (11/1/08-4/30/09) where you make 11 items based on a week in your real life. The items are as follows: 4 bottoms (skirts, jeans, trousers), 6 tops (t-shirts, shirts, blouses, camisoles), 1 jacket (tailored blazer, jeans-style jacket, sweater, or shawl or it can be a coat). All items must be able to be worn together…so all matchy-matchy-ish or another way to look at it – a week’s worth of outfits.
I love the idea BUT….there is always a BUT…not sure I’ll stay focused long enough to meet the deadline. I have SO much I want to do. I still need hours and hours of play on my new Bernina 830 and I signed up for block of the month again this year but decided that I needed two colorways to work on instead of just one.
So that’s 2 blocks per month that have to get done along with trying to come up with patterns for all the fabric I just HAD TO BUY while in Europe!! I know…poor me. One suitcase was crammed full and overweight….it was almost 60 lbs of fabric. Of course that wasn’t all of it…we had to pack some in another suitcase, well, because we couldn’t get it all in one.
Will post pics soon….still on the camera….must find camera…..
Posted by Paulette on Jan 20, 2009 in
Sewing V 8548
V 2859 – LOVE this blouse!
V 7881 (Schaeffer)
V 1053 – I adore the detail on the jacket
V 2948 (Betzina) – cute pants but not sure they’ll work on my figure
Tracy Reese designs – looking forward to more of her stuff
Butterick 5314
I guess I missed the Vogue pattern sale….ah well…I’ll just keep these on my list and wait for the next one….
In the meantime, I have added a 2009 Project List of which will only grow as the days go by!! Also, I am thinking about adding a skills list..seems like everyone else has been focusing on skills and I just haven’t written mine down…yet. So that’s next…off to make my never ending 2nd list!
Found the camera….and here is what I bought!!