Distractions pt21 - six feet to the left

I think I'm ready to show you my new sewing space. It's not finished, it's not photogenic but it's up and running.

If I were a proper blogger I'd have Before and After photos ready to show you so you get The Big Reveal (I'd also load this site up with pop ups, but we won't mention that). You would have thought that stringing you along with these Distraction posts was the whole point! But I have a confession to make instead.

You see, my sewing space is about six feet to the left of all the in-progress photos I have shown you so far...

Oops...

I have rejigged this room in my mind multiple times, and when it came down to it, things didn't fit the way they were planned.

Now that we're working from home for the long haul, I also felt the need to be near the big window in our backdoor. It's not glamorous, but it's natural light and the rose outside keeps me company. In the warm weather I kept the door open during the day to see the plants. We get very good rain noise, so I'm enjoying that too.

The ironing board fits quite nicely in the room too, so I'm quite pleased!

There are still a few things to tweak in my new sewing space. I have no hanging space anymore and need to find a new way of storing my scissors, project notes/queue. We need to finalise the shelves. We've just unpacked onto them,  and haven't fixed them permanently yet. I also need to free up a bit of space in the stash cupboard to store works in progress (if not appropriate to rest on the mannequin)

That's it for now!

Kx

More weekend Projects

Hi there, 

Just another quick update for you from my most recent sewing weekender. I can't even remember when this was. 

I made a full-length pair of leggings from the remaining supplex in my stash. You may remember I bought this supplex from Zenith and Quasar, and while it is is very nice quality it only ever comes in 1-yard cuts. If I want a full-length pair of leggings I need to piece the pattern somehow. I've done it once at the ankles and once at hip level. I think I prefer hip level, but since I don't have any more supplex in my stash I may look to buy it from a new source that can do multiple yardage on the same cut. 

I also made a starry PJ set using some star print jersey from Stoff & Stil (Made-It Patterns Strip Tee) and some leftover glow in the dark star jersey from Empress Mills (Butterick 5432). The snazzy PJ cord is from Albstoffe. The brand seems a bit expensive,  but I don't know where else to find interesting good quality PJ cord or cuffing/ribbing.

That's it

K x

Sewing Airtable update!

Just a quickie from me today...

This may have been the most positive piece of news in Great Britain recently...

Airtable mobile has just updated with Gallery View! Wahoo!

If you missed my original post on how I organise my sewing inventory using Airtable, you can see it here. 

K

Christmas Sewing Roundup - BONUS CONTENT

 I can't believe I forgot this in the other post, but I also sewed some new PJs for B!

We've constantly struggled with a TNT pattern for pyjamas for B. Originally I tried to use the Butterick 5432, but its roomy draft wasn't quite right. Then we tried to draft a pair from Metric Pattern Cutting for Menswear, but the draft resulted in very weird proportions (enormous crotch depth!). So for this set of PJs, I borrowed a pair of RTW pyjamas and traced a pattern. 

This was my Christmas Eve panic project and so the pattern is a little slapdash and lacks some of the detail of the RTW pair, but I think they turned out nicely. If the fit gets approval then I'll keep this ready to use next time. 

I love the fabrics - they're both from Dragonfly Fabrics as I was trying to use of a gift card for the site. The yellow one is a Lady McElroy fabric and the blue one was called a Yuma Cotton.

That's it,

K x