Today is my 51st birthday and it has been a fabulous weekend. It has been sunny and lovely outdoors. We swam, we watched tennis, we watched late night fireworks over the Hudson River, G gave me a few pretty baubles, one of which I am wearing to dinner tonight at my favorite local restaurant.
I have spent the last few weeks cleaning up the sewing room, taking inventory of past projects, plans, and ufo's, and although I don't have everything finished, I believe I have a workable system where I can allow myself to work in my sewing room a little more.
The biggest obstacle now is my closets. I have been basically ignoring them for months now, and only doing rudimentary search and find missions during the entire period where G was battling various health issues. It had come to the point where I was literally wearing the same three pairs of jeans and a small assortment of tops all the time, and these were late-winter/early-spring outfits, and I am absolutely sick of them.
I want to sew. I want to sew clothes I will wear. Since I vowed not to sew orphans, and I need new clothes, it was time to tackle the closets, so I vowed to devote a significant part of this weekend to this task; I am still working on it but here are a few things I have learned.
I have several summer skirts in nice prints. I had pulled out fabric for more cute printed skirts, but I don't need them. However, I have tops to wear with some of the skirts I planned to make and none to wear with the skirts that are in my closet, so perhaps I need those skirts after all. I do have TNT skirt patterns but no TNT patterns for tops.
I have no solid colored skirts for summer, and two black skirts for winter.
I have no dresses, except for winter dressy/business/board/cocktail party type of events.
I have 7 winter jackets. 5 of them are black.
I have several spring/fall types of sweaters and jackets, most of which go with none of my bottoms, and all of which are too warm for true summer weather.
I have no summer weight jackets or cardigans.
Sweaters and tees are still to be sorted through, but I can already see huge gaps, even without yet knowing the extent of the casualties.
I have started the sewing machines and have made a few very basic things for the house, things that needed doing. I will update you as I go along.
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18 responses to “Happy Birthday to Me”
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Nice to see you back! Happy Birthday and Happy Sewing.
Nice to see you back! Happy Birthday and Happy Sewing.
Happy Birthday! I can relate, finally saw the floor of my closet today after, um…years.
Happy Birthday! I can relate, finally saw the floor of my closet today after, um…years.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Oh you’re getting so organized. Now you know what you should do next and if it’s a jacket it shouldn’t be black, right?
Happy Birthday!
Oh you’re getting so organized. Now you know what you should do next and if it’s a jacket it shouldn’t be black, right?
Happy Birthday!
I’m a bit late to the party, but wanted to wish you a happy belated birthday. Hope you had a lovely day.
It’s lovely to see you back again. I missed your posts.
Hope your husband is doing better now.
I’m a bit late to the party, but wanted to wish you a happy belated birthday. Hope you had a lovely day.
It’s lovely to see you back again. I missed your posts.
Hope your husband is doing better now.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Mardel!
I am doing the dreaded closet sort as well. It’s difficult to face facts, isn’t it?
p.s. your astilbes in a recent photo look very happy. They may prefer damp feet and not much sun.
Take care.
Vicky F
Happy Birthday, Mardel!
I am doing the dreaded closet sort as well. It’s difficult to face facts, isn’t it?
p.s. your astilbes in a recent photo look very happy. They may prefer damp feet and not much sun.
Take care.
Vicky F
Belated Happy Birthday! I *so* need to go through my closet…but I don’ wanna…. 😉
Belated Happy Birthday! I *so* need to go through my closet…but I don’ wanna…. 😉