Hellooo! It’s been a little quiet on this front lately, but rest assured, the sewing has continued! The cashmere coat is finished, I just need to get photos that do it justice! Standing in my sewing room with my phone propped up on a pile of books just isn’t doing any good. And, there’s another coat to show you now! I’m making good progress on shrinking the coating pile – at last! Again though, I need some nice sunny weather and a helper to get some decent photographs.
With the coat and jacket sewing, there’s good focus, but I need little, quick projects to break it up a bit. That’s partly why I thought signing up to Stef’s #SewYourWardrobeBasics would be a good idea. There’s no pressure, you participate in that month’s challenge theme if it suits you, and don’t if it doesn’t. So far, so good. This month is stripes, and if you’ve been following me for any length of time, you’ll know that that’s my favourite sort of pattern!
I decided to splurge on Tees for the challenge and bought some cotton lycra from a proper fabric shop to make a Basic Instinct Tee, and a couple of pieces online from Montreux Fabrics for a Stellan Tee and a Lark Tee. This will top up my summer tee pile quite nicely, but I wanted to squeeze in other projects too.
There’s an interesting pair of trousers in this month’s Burda that I’m keen on and might make in a linen, I’ll have to check the stash to see if there’s anything suitable. I also rather liked one of the tops in the magazine. However, when Fabworks posted on Instagram that they had a pistachio viscose ponte as their fabric of the month this month, and that was just £3 a meter, I gave in. I knew right away that I wanted some for another pair of the trousers I remade last year, 107 from August 2019. I imagine they’d be perfect secret pjs! And to go with them? That top from this February’s issue! Under it the stripe tees, and over the top, one of the coats still on the list! Sounds like an outfit on the way to a mini wardrobe – yes?
This is when I decided I might sign up to a bigger challenge, The Great Module Sew Along. The idea is to sew 2 bottoms, 3 tops and a covering/jacket. So far I have plans for all of the garrments, and don’t see why I shouldn’t be able to make the deadline for the challenge. And best of all, it gives me focus to make those quick projects in between the bigger coat and jacket projects. Oh, and there’s also the sewalong challenge in the Facebook sewing group I’m part of. This month is bottoms, so two pairs of trousers it will be! 🙂
THE COMPULSIVE SEAMSTRESS 
That looks like a good challenge. I haven’t got involved in any of those but I’m weakening 😉
Stef’s one is good, one whole month to make one item, and no pressure to actually take part in that month if it doesn’t suit you. And you get to fill some gaps that might exist!
Ms. Prodigious!
Delightful to see you’re making the most of this winter’s hiatus from the allotment. 🥰 🥰