So far I have completed, or almost completed several items, many from stashed fabric. This is not to say I have not added to the stash. A local quilt shop had their annual sale, and I bought 8 pieces of garment size -- lovely cotton prints, hopefully for summer wear. Then there was the Wazoodle order, though I must learn that from them you get what you pay for, and stop buying bargain priced stuff. And of course, Fabricville is having their 3 for 1 sale which resulted in some nice soft swiss dot which is becoming a sleeveless blouse today or tomorrow.
And I visited Silver Silk in Halifax for a couple of lovely pieces for my pending silk spree, which has not yet started. First off will be some nice One-Seams I think, in a blue between navy and royal. I re-measured and re-cut my pattern, and did a muslin in cotton. For the silk, I want a perfect fit, or as near as possible. I put French seams in my muslin, and it seemed to work fine.
The summer so far:
- the olive corduroy pants previously posted Burda WOF #120 April 07
- ivory fleece Saf-T-Pockets Rochelle jacket (no pockets though) completed, started during SWAP as a muslin
- navy/purple linen pants Burda WOF #120 May 07?
- One-Seam pants from a blue-green-plum batik cotton
- Athena blouse from olive/ivory far-out print
- blue linen empire waist tunic top with embroidery around the neck. NL?
- cotton print empire waist top - not a great fit. Decided I don't like empire waist styles so will not further modify the pattern.
- pink knit sleeveless top - nice pattern but cheap material - don't like knit styles with facings, at least not with V-neck. May investigate this further for possible double front to avoid facings.
