Sunday, March 24, 2013

Planning a Sewcation

Me, right after coming up from underground in the mine. This was actually a clean day. Look! You can still see skin-toned flesh on my hands, and not much dirt on my face!  :D  I love my filthy job.
OMG I'm back from another rotation in camp!  AND I am SO eager to get my sewjo on.  I know I know, I'm such a bad blogger.  Hopefully there will be a few sewing posts in the next two weeks, because I am planning a sewcation this time out!  It's amazing how much more motivated you feel when you're doing something worthwhile and productive the rest of the time!

Anyways, enough babble.  I have a tentative plan, although I'm not planning too much because I want to let the patterns and fabric talk to me and tell me what they want to become - with a bit of guidance on my end based on what I need, of course.

Tiramisu

 You guys have seen some of this.  I started it, got the bodice sewn together, got it recut and sewn when it was too small, and then completely stalled out on it.  I'm excited for this dress for our coming (in a couple months) spring!  NEEDS to be done.

Pavlova

Yeah okay, I might have a Cake Patterns fixation.  I ordered this pattern yonks ago, right before I left for camp, but Canada Post sucks and it still hasn't arrived.  I've missed the sewalong (again).  But that's okay because I still want to make this skirt.  I'm not certain if the top is for me.  While I love wrap designs, I'm not that partial to such short tops.  But I've learned to not knock something until you've tried it, so I'm going to make it regardless.  Plus Steph is genius and always proves my disbelief wrong.  :)

Tops

I am in desperate need of clothing.  And living in Whitehorse, I have the option of Walmart, Marks Work Warehouse, Reitmans, and Warehouse One.  Better than some places, but I'm sick to death of cheap knit tops that go past my bum (not the best look on my short and squat figure) and ill-fitting blouses.  I'm not sure yet what I want, but I'll research this more as I go.  I do know that I need basic layering pieces (with fun details) and I really want some cute and easy-to-wear blouses.

Pants

Okay, this is a long shot, but it's a desperate need in my closet.  See above mentioned stores?  Yeah, my choices for jeans and trousers are thin stretchy fabric that lasts about 3 months of regular wear and so badly ill-fitting it's ridiculous.  I nearly cried while trying to find decent pants at Reitman's on Friday afternoon.  I NEED PANTS.  Preferably jeans, because even my last pair of long-living real denim jeans are about one squat away from ripping in awkward places.  :( 

BUT OH GOD PANTS.  *cowers in fear*

Stay tuned, faithful friends!  And keep an eye out on twitter for some live sewing tweets and teaser pics.

14 comments:

  1. Awesome! I love a good sew-cation! Good luck with your projects - and don't worry about the pants - it only takes one good TNT pattern that you figure out!!

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    1. I might hire a certain Consulting Seamstress to help me work out a pants block. I seriously need all the help I can get, and if it means I can make all my own pants, it'll be well worth the money. :) Thanks for the luck, I think I'll need it.

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  2. So glad you're back! I have an icky job too. I always come home covered in child fluids or raw food batter. Good thing I love it! I'm curious about your Pavlova. I like the skirt, but felt the same way about the top.

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    1. I'm taping together the digital pattern as we speak! We'll see how the top turns out. If I don't get any where out of it, well, at least I'll have tried it and know. :)

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    2. StyleArc pants patterns fit very well and are easy to sew. See the thread over at Artisan's Square.
      http://artisanssquare.com/sg/index.php/topic,20005.msg329343.html#msg329343

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  3. Heather, listen to yourself. Tops that are too LONG for your figure. You like circle skirts. This means, WAIST LENGTH TOPS!! ;-) I am so excited by my pavlova top, it is going to the top of my pile. Which still means a long wait, mind you!

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    1. Good thing that I just cut out a Pavlova top then, eh? :D I'm not a fan of tops that go over my butt, but (ha) something between my nature waist and the bottom of my butt is good. I also know that I like cropped cardigans, so we'll see!

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  4. I love your dirty mine pic! so funny. It is nice to have worthwhile work. Enjoy your sewcation. And just be gentle on yourself with the pants - you'll get there!

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    1. Thanks! I have a few projects I'd like to tackle first, but I think I just need to suck it up, be brave, and finally retackle pants. :)

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  5. Hey, count yourself lucky, none of those stores were there when I lived there. We had Seasons and a couple of other small shops and of course that great home of fashion, Fields 8-). Most everyone I know did most of their clothes (and fabric) shopping when they "went outside" (used to be in common use in Whitehorse, referring to when one left the Yukon).

    Pants are on my to do list also. I have heard good things about the Connie Crawford Butterick pattern, and the Simplicity Amazing Fit patterns. All of which are in my stash and none of which I have sewn. One day I will sew all of them, she said hopefully.












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    1. Fair enough. I think it's all crappy choices though. Nothing but stretch denim and nothing fits. :P Unless you're a man and then you can buy decent quality stuff at Marks. I've been told by the women (including the sales staff at Reitman's) I've talked to that I'll just have to wait until I go 'down south' to get anything decent.

      Thanks for the heads up on the patterns! I have one of the Amazing Fit patterns, but I'm not sure if I like it. We'll see.

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  6. I'm tacking pants (without elastic waist) for the first time this year. I'd been too intimidated before, but I am going to bite the bullet. I have an Amazing Fit and a fairly promising vintage Simplicity pattern cut out.....let's share our success / commiserate on our difficulties.

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    1. Good luck with your pants! Here's to hoping we both survive the experience! lol

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