A Little Mindless Sewing Is In Order

I am still exhausted!! When you compete in a contest like Passion For Fashion, you are so focused on what you are doing and what you need to accomplish. Once it is all over, you crash, at least I do. For the life of me, I don't know how the contestants on Project Runway keep it up for days on end. It didn't help matters that I had a nasty headache that I couldn't get rid of for the two days of the competition. On Friday night, I basically didn't sleep. I spent most of the night worried about the pants that I drafted and whether or not they would fit. I kept thinking, "What were you thinking??" Pants out of a knit fabric can be very forgiving, but not so with a woven fabric. I know I can draft pants, but still the thoughts of doubt kept running through my mind. When my model arrived, I immediately had her try on the pants and they were wonderful. I can't even begin to explain how relieved I was. Although, anyone who has ever made a pair of pants I'm sure can understand why I would feel so anxious.
Now that the contest is behind me, I need to do something that takes very little thought and yet still feel as though I'm making some type of accomplishment. So off to the "To Do Drawer." Do you have a "To Do Drawer," the drawer where you keep the things you always intend to get to and for what ever reason never seem to? I have some beautiful pieces in my to do drawer, like a black cashmere coat, all cut, just waiting patiently for me to take it out and get it finished. For shame, for shame. Well, I have pulled a piece out of the drawer and I intend to work on it this evening.

I hold my head in shame as I cut this jacket out two winters ago. Shame, shame, shame. The pebbled fabric is actually an upholstery piece. It has a rather nice draped to it even though it is a heavier fabric. I'm using the striped piece for the lining and it is also an upholstery piece.

I just love the pattern and you can see from the line drawing that it just doesn't get much easier than this.

Another HUGE for shame is the fact that my bag was tossed aside, but I am determined to finish it and I will be posting the pattern within the next week if anyone is interested. As it turns out, the fabric that I'm lining the jacket with works beautifully with the bag.

Tomorrow is The Wednesday Showcase, but I'll do a small second post tomorrow afternoon and show you what I accomplish tonight. Thankfully, there is absolutely nothing on television to tempt me!

Wishing you all a wonderfully productive evening!