back soon, I swear...

There hasn't been a lot of action on the sewing front in Sarah land this week. My machine is in the shop, having some divets in the bobbin case case thing (technical, I know) filed smooth again, and I'm going a little bit stir crazy from lack of sewing, but hope to be back in business soon. The pink plaid shirt is all cut out and ready to go, and I'm going shopping this weekend for experimental panty-making-experiment supplies, so there's lots to do once I have poor old Betty (otherwise known as the Janome mystyle100) back.

Also, I finally bought a bunch of Colette patterns that I had been ogling from a distance for a while now, and fabric to make them in, all in the mail and being impatiently waited for. Get ready to be inundated with different variations of these once they show up :). If you haven't heard of Colette Patterns, go check them out, now. So very pretty. And their blog is full of helpful hints and tips to make your sewing even more lovely, as well as designer bios and all sorts of other goodies.

I was just going to at least post some me-made-march pictures, before realising that my camera batteries are too dead to even copy pictures to my computer. We've pretty much run the gamut of my wardrobe at the moment though, from here on it's just the same things in different combination anyway.  Definitely time to get on sewing more everyday staple pieces.

It's not a post without some eye candy though, so here's a sneak peak of my most recent etsy finds.

Butterick 6582 repro wiggle dress

McCall's 9755

Don't you just love the scalloped neckline? And the jacket! It makes me swoon just thinking of the possible fabric combinations.

decisions, decisions

I desperately need more blouses. Skirts are so tempting to make, and then I end up with nothing but lovely fancy skirts paired with t-shirts, not good. In my stash is this pretty pink/black/grey plaid, just calling out to be made into something while the weather is still cold enough to  wear it.

wouldn't this be great with a black pencil skirt?

This is definitely up next on the cutting table, I'm just having trouble deciding which of these shirts it wants to be. The Smooth Sailing blouse from the ever talented Lauren at Wearing History?

very Katharine Hepburn

Or the short sleeved version of this Simplicity pattern I got from my grandmother?

c. 1969

On the one hand, if I use the first one, it will give me the chance to work any kinks out of the pattern before I make it up in a fancy gold fabric I have waiting in the wings. On the other hand, my grandmother's notes on the second one indicate that it won't need much tweaking (it evidently fit her, and we're pretty much the same size and shape), and as this is my first try at either inset sleeves or a collar, not having to worry about the rest of it too much would be nice. I had meant to pick one and start cutting it out this morning, but too much procrastinating (and watching Muppets Tonight on my computer) has left me with no time, so it looks like I have till tonight to decide. In the meantime, here are my outfits for the first two days of me-made-march:

top adapted from butterick 3906, self drafted corduroy jumper

the circus skirt, new look 6599 blouse