Although there was a distinct lack of sewing in February, which was never my actual plan, I have to admit that it was generally a good month, despite continued cold dreary icy weather, lack of sunshine, and 10 days of sickness.
Early in the month I dubbed it "distraction elimination month" meaning that I set myself a goal of clearing up as much of the backlog of household purging, remodeling, and maintenance projects were weighing heavily on me. I knew that I was incapable of really settling down to sewing when mounds of projects were right outside the sewing room door and the weight of those accumulated projects had really started to overwhelm.
Although I am not starting March with a clean slate, the remaining projects are really small additions to routine maintenance. Without all these mountains of projects surrounding me, I can see no excuse for staying out of the sewing room.
As often happens when my sewing is more virtual than actual, I have been fabric shopping. I purchased some things from Ann over at Gorgeous Fabrics and then, after they arrived and I indexed them and put them away, I found the perfect dress for one of the fabrics, a dress for which I had not purchased enough fabric, so I had to go back and buy more of this beautiful green silk chiffon:
Despite my best intentions, I cannot buy just one piece of fabric, it just seems like a waste of shipping dollars, but I am sure that it just pure rationalization on my part.
Like Marji I was inspired by Gigi’s photo of the draped pink cotton but I managed to avoid clicking on the link to Gorgeous Fabrics until I realized that I definitely needed more chiffon. Dreaming about green chiffon two nights in a row is a strong indication of "need" in my book, and once I was on the site I could not resist this lovely purple cotton or the pink one either.
Spring seems to be nowhere near to arriving around here. I still have a couple of feet of snow on the ground so these might rest on the shelf a little longer, but they will be there, in sight, taunting me and reminding me that spring will indeed arrive.
Meanwhile, I have another sweater almost finished, a new one to start, and a skirt waiting to be cut out.
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2 responses to “Welcoming March”
I can relate to the need for “distraction elimination”. I just got a major repair project nearly out of the way, along with some other nagging chores I’d been unable to finish until this week, and I am suddenly very ready to get back to my sewing.
I can relate to the need for “distraction elimination”. I just got a major repair project nearly out of the way, along with some other nagging chores I’d been unable to finish until this week, and I am suddenly very ready to get back to my sewing.