The Winds of Change

As January and February blew past, my life took a new shift. Daughter No. 2 started dating and on the beautiful March day that I was looking into a senior residence for my mother, I got a phone call from her that she and C were engaged. How's that for being a member of the sandwich generation?

My days and evenings have been filled with wedding details: guest lists, invitations, dresses (I am not crazy enough to try and make wedding/bridal gowns). There was an engagement party that I self-catered. Again: guest lists, invitations, etc.

All in all, a very busy first half of the year. The wedding will be a great time for family and friends. My FIL  will, G-d willing, make it to the event. He fell a few weeks ago and broke his femur, but seems to be making great strides in rehab. My mom will come for the wedding and stay a few extra days to check out the places that I thought might be good for her to move to.

Maybe after all that excitement I can get back to the really important project: The Great Stash Down!

The Best Laid Plans

I made a run to Joanne Fabrics and stocked up on Vogue patters that were on sale. After going through my stash, I picked a couple of pieces of fabric to start working on.
This pattern I am going to make for myself. Mom sent me some blue wide-wale corduroy at some point in the past. (What do you make with wide-wale corduroy for an adult??). Since the blue herringbone wool isn't enough to make a jacket out of, I thought I'd pair it with the corduroy, and make the jacket out of the corduroy.

I picked out this cute Michael Kors dress pattern for this piece of lightweight wool. I thought it would be cute with jacket zippers as embellishments.

Also found in my stash is a quilt top that my daughter had made for a co-worker about 10 years ago. This will be easy to finish.






I got the trestle legs at IKEA, so that stash down is moving along.

The Fun Begins

Since it is January 1, the Stash-Down must begin! Today's project was a trip to Jo-Ann Fabric to load up on the Vogue patterns that were on sale today. You must admit that at $3.99, it's a far better deal than the usual $20 that those patterns can run. Armed with a list of ten I liked, I was able to snag four of them in the sizes I needed.


On another note--as I was shlepping laundry up the stairs tonight, I realized that in our move here I had brought a table top from my old sewing area. Now all I have to do is find some saw horses or supports and I can have another work surface! Whoo hoo. Let the Stash-Down begin.