Summer keeps getting in the way of sewing, now that I am feeling better that is.
I hoped to get into the sewing room last night, and I did, but not to sew. Mondays are always such busy days anyway. We finished dinner about 9 PM, just in time for me to go sit in the family room and knit a little bit on my socks while watching "The Closer". I was hot and tired from my first full workout with my new trainer and weight/stretching routine. It was a welcome relief to just sit in front of the television and not think for a little while.
Unfortunately, dishes, laundry and other mundane household tasks were still awaiting after my little reprieve and by the time I finished, a few minutes after 11, I was simply too exhausted to begin working on the waistband for my yellow linen pants.
I was ambitious enough to think I could finish the filing and clear off the ironing board so I could work on something today, and I did manage to do that, just barely, as I ended up sitting down thinking about fall clothes and flipping through the card file which contains the samples of my fabric stash.
I saw a couple of suits at Bergdorf Goodman recently, a beautiful Oscar de la Renta tweed with organza ribbon trim, and a lovely Armani in a textured camel colored wool. Neither suit was in a flattering color, but I have been thinking about them ever since. One would think, with three shoe boxes filled with fabric swatches, I would have the perfect fabrics in my stash. Not so!. I might have a fabric for the Armani in a deep green, a beautiful solid color cashmere and alpaca herringbone weave. At first I was not sure that I wanted to use such a deep color, I had imagined something lighter and more feminine. After sleeping on it however I think the green would be lovely.
I dreamt of fabric and suits and jacket shapees all night so I had to get up and play around with how to draft the asymmetrical opening of the jacket and I spent time this morning playing with drafting pattern pieces while I sill remembered, and writing up notes so that hopefully, if I ever get to this project, I will remember the details. I don’t know if what I have will work yet, and quite frankly, I am not going to get much further on working on this right now. I seem to have frittered away the morning and it has suddenly dawned on me that I have many other things I am supposed to be doing today. At least I should have enough information saved so that when I do get to it, I will be able to jump right in.
The pattern pieces are stacked right on top of each other so it is hard to see the details, but I think you can get the general idea of what I have been working on.
I know, I know, you don’t really believe that I will ever get to this project, and that is a valid concern. I seem to think, and write, about sewing far more than I actually sew. But there will come a time when I actually have time and all these bits and pieces will come together.
I have faith.