Sewing Orgy!

It's nice that my urge to create is coming back, and so strongly too. I took a little break from knitting this weekend (I think knitting and I needed the time apart to reaffirm our love for each other) and sewed like a maniac.

I think that the reason why I haven't sewed in so long is that I haven't had access to fabric stores and decent fabric. I loved sewing so much, and then there was nothing. I couldn't afford the nicer stuff, and everything at the local stores that I could afford was shite.

ANYWAY, I hadn't even thought about this, but here in the fashion capital of the world, DUH, good fabrics might actually be somewhat easier to come by, and at decent prices. I did a little research online, and found a couple of really awesome places. Mood Fabrics, which is apparently where the Project Runway peeps shop for their stuff, and a couple of quilting stores. I'm in heaven...

I've been really wanting to get back into quilting for a while, and have been trying to figure out how to get my mother to send me her fabric stash. Not that I have ANY room to store it in our apartment, but where there's a will, there's a way.

So I bought fabric for three sewing projects. Some cute cotton for some aprons, some silk shantung for a dress for Georgia and some heavy weight linen and cotton lining for a bag for myself. I'm excited about the bag. I've never made anything along those lines before.

I made the two aprons on Sunday. It took me most of the day to get everything completed from start to finish, but I got it all, and I'm pretty happy with the results:


I'm going to give at least one of them to my friend Jorie for a housewarming gift, as she just bought her first house. At some point I'll get a picture of her in one.

Super Secret Christmas Project #1

Is done. I'd really like to talk about it. Le sigh.

Liesl

Is almost done. I picked up the needles I needed to finish it yesterday. It will probably only take a couple more days on the subway to finish off.

And Next...

I have socks to start knitting. Here's a photo of the pattern:


I also have Rhapsody in Cables, Bruce's sweater to complete. But first I need to figure out my cabling problem.

And I need to finish up Veronique.

Oh, and make a bunch more Christmas presents.