Promises, Promises

I am now two projects behind on my sewing blog.  I need to post the projects as I go so this doesn't keep happening.  I hope to get some time and get myself organized, take the pictures and get back to posting here.  I'm enjoying the idea to change my teaching room into a sewing room.  I can leave stuff out on the table, leave the ironing board open, or create a mess and don't feel like I have to pick it up before I quit for the day.

I've been visiting some other sewing blogs.  So many of these ladies have it together!  Great blogs, tutorials, pictures.  All leave me wondering what I have to offer anyone with so many good blogs out there.  Well, as I said, for those 38 people that might be interested, I'm trying to get my act together and get going on this blog again.

Simplicity 4632 -- Petite Pear

I have a lot of project going right now, one of which is this great little pattern from Simplicity.  I accidentally bought this pattern in the wrong size and didn't realized it until I'd drug it out and couldn't return it.  Lucky for me, I got someone looking for just this very thing for work.  She eventually wants five pants and five 3/4 tunics.  I am looking forward to this challenge as she is barely five foot four and an extreme pear shape.  I have some great ideas in mind for eliminating the gobs and gobs of gathers in the elastic coming from the hips and small waist.  I have also been studying some ideas for the collar to draw the eye up to the top.  We've picked a dark navy paisley for the tunic and navy for the pants.

Did you Make That? Part IV -- Practicing and Preaching

Late in April it was time to put what I'd been studying and writing about to the test.  It was my sister's birthday and I had promised her the beginning of a custom fitted wardrobe.  This would be my first time to the fabric store since I'd started my campaign to rid myself of that urge to go cutesy.