Ahhhhh... the days are starting to grow cooler, the trees have the dusty mature green look to them... time to gather up some patterns and start sewing some new items, wouldn't you say? My trusty old Kenmore finally bit the dust and would cost more to fix then to replace. Of course, that meant I just had to go out and get a new machine this weekend.
Gee. Darn.
Unfortunately, I couldn't afford anything near the machine I really wanted - the kind that embroiders and overlocks and changes the cat litter and makes the coffee and so on. What I ended up getting was a Project Runway Brother. It's my first computerized machine and I am sooooooooo anxious to use it!
Then there was JoAnn's. (sigh) Remember the days when they had sales where you could buy a pattern for only .99? I suppose those days are gone - the best you can find now is $1.99. Not only that, but there's a limit of 10 per person! Horrid, horrid miserly pattern hoarders! Luckily, my mother is not a sewer, so I was able to pawn off an extra 10 into her cart. Add some nifty brown paisley moleskin, some thread and a bit of interfacing and you have... that nice skirt pictured up above. Hopefully, I'll actually get a picture of this one, since I'm making it for myself. A concept, I know, but I really do need work clothing for the fall.
Now, if I only I didn't have a director's meeting for RHPS tonight...
