so what got made

When my sewing machine was calling, I was working on this dress.  It  is a sheath.  Very simple.  Pull it on.  Zip it up.  People have a tendency to wonder where you are off to or if you are going for a job interview.  Nope.  Just easy to wear though I find most people do not find them easy to sew.  It is the darts and zippers.  I find it is just a bit of patience.  Sometimes a bit of quiet.  It is part of why my sewing machine calls.

We are off to the mountain tomorrow afternoon.  There should be a cast of characters and could be very interesting.  No internet so I will be quiet here.  We get to spend time with the Small Mister so hopefully there will be pictures to share.  It could be an interesting week.  It is supposed to rain!

For those of you who celebrate, Happy Thanksgiving!

very quiet weekend

I had a very quiet weekend.  I spent most of the weekend watching Masterpiece Theater and spinning.  I am spinning lace weight yarn which just seems to take forever to make a ball of yarn.  But it is soothing and meditative, which is what I need.

Last weekend I cut a strangely polka dot fabric.  One side of the polk a dot is cut off.  It is a black Italian wool that I have been looking at for months.  I cut two dresses out of the three yards of fabric.

And this is the A-line dress I finished.  The other dress is sitting on my ironing board waiting for me to start to stitch.  The cleaning of the worktable and the spinning of the yarn has taken precedence.  I have decided fiber must come to the mountain with me for sanity sake. 

I would make such a good hermit!

"free" dress

The last A-line dress I made was an Italian wool.  I bought enough for the dress if it had been a 45 inch width but because it was wider, I actually got another dress out of it.  I have been wanting to make an old pattern and I had enough. 

A sheath dress.  It is lovely. Nothing very fancy.  And it can go anywhere with just a different pair of shoes.

I have bought two more pieces of wool that will probably allow me to do the same.  I am actually very excited.  I used to wear these types of dresses all the time.  Over six years ago.

It makes me smile.

while I was making the quilt back

I made myself a couple of wool dresses.  I wanted a black dress with sleeves and found a lovely wool. When I cut it out, I found I actually had enough fabric for two.  I have been wanting some sheath dresses again so that is what I am going to make with the extra. 

I did the horrible thing of going to the fabric store to buy zippers and found more fabric.  I did buy more black wool.  Two different bits which will probably make four dresses.  For some odd reason I was really drawn to the laces and I do not know why.  I really do not wear lace.  Spilling tea on a lace dress?  Not good. It does not mean I cannot admire.

I find I can make five nine squares for each dress with sleeves I make.  Is that not a funny statistic?  I also have taken to putting tags in everything.  I am the crazy lady who goes camping with a backpack full of dresses.  When you are getting dressed in the dark, a tag makes a huge difference!

Just simple A-line dresses but I get such compliments on them.  They are so comfortable and easy.

The wools I picked up are so soft and have some weight.  If the weather stays cool and the office stays as cold as it has been, I will like these very much all winter.  I may have store them for summer.  May not if I wear them only at the office.  I so rarely do that.

Off adventuring again this weekend.  Mountains and fiber.  Such a good combination.  I may or may not be here tomorrow.

sometimes the hardest decision

I find the hardest decisions I have when making a quilt are what am I going to do for the back.  Mostly because it is a quilt in its own right as well.

But as I put a couple dresses together for the colder months, I got a quilt back done. 

Small steps right now are what are working best.  I had a friend who said it feels like it is time to hibernate and I find that is where my energy level is.  Work has been very demanding as well.  It is nice to leave it work and sit at my sewing machine with a quilt to back finished and an audio book to listen too.

Simple things are quite lovely.