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| A beautiful hanging basket I saw at the Distillery District (Toronto) last night. Nothing to do with this post, but they are pretty!!! |
But first up, if anyone in the Toronto area is available for a meet-up, Funnygrrl from Falling Through Your Clothes will be in town in early August and is looking to meet up on or around August 10. Check her blog for the details! I will be there as we had such fun at out last GTA meet-up back in February.
Anyway, so what am I planning?
For my Birthday I received Gerties New Book For better Sewing from one of my sisters and the moment I opened the book, I just knew that I am going to have to make a black pencil skirt with boning in the waistband. A pencil skirt is such a classic look for the office. I bought black fabric and a zipper a while ago to make a skirt and I have boning left over from my party dress Butterick 5882, so no excuses for not getting started!
Then my younger son has been asking me to make him a jacket or coat for ages, so after much research (thanks Mainely Dad!), I purchased the Japanese Men's Coat pattern Book on Etsy a few weeks ago. I was so impressed with the seller on Etsy, less than two weeks from ordering to arriving! So will be making him a coat, of course my other son has been eyeing the book too!!
Then I was lucky enough to win a book from Jen at the Grainline Studio, she hosted a Giveaway back in May and I received my Sew Red Sewing book in the mail a few weeks ago. Some lovely projects in the book and a scarf in particular I might need to make!
Coincidently enough I had also been looking at the Grainline patterns, I don't know where I've been hiding but the Scout Tee is cute. So I downloaded the pattern the other evening and have almost finished my first Scout Tee.
When I said I had hardly touched my sewing machine, I had made a selection of Thank You cards, involving stitching some scraps onto cards!!
Hi Debbie, I will also be attending the toronto meet-up coming up in August. Date has not been solidified yet, but I'm looking forward to seeing you again! I also have that book Sew Red. I was given a copy of it by the publisher to review (I put up a review of it on my blog) and I quite like it! I am going to be making the Suede Says Kimono style top as a beach cover-up, casual top.
ReplyDeleteExcited to see the what comes out of your sewing machine, especially the coat. :-)
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