New Fabric

Yesterday I made another muslin for a jacket and I think (crossing fingers and toes and all) that although I am not totally in love with the result it is good enough and I will go ahead and make it up.  So today I went shopping.

It feels like a hundred years since I went anywhere other than the grocery store or the pharmacy so I treated myself to a trip to Spool and Spindle in Waterloo.  You can find this fabulous little fabric store online here but as I live close by I popped in for a browse.  It is so worth it to feel all the lovely natural fibre fabrics.

I was very restrained with my purchasing and this is what I bought.

Some interesting knit/soft shell for my jacket (the zipper is from Lens' Mills).

 It's not a great photo I know but on the right is the right side of the fabric and on the left is the inside.  It's quite thick with a very small amount of stretch and it should be wind proof which might be nice.  Also it shouldn't fray so I can probably get away with leaving the seam edges raw inside which is a total bonus.

I also bought this lovely rayon to make myself a little top for summer.  A short sleeved, accent top for my capsule wardrobe I think.

Rose tells me that I have nothing to go with it and it's really not my style but you know what?  I don't care.  I shall make my top and make it 'my style' and she will be jealous that I have a flamingo top and she doesn't.  So there, who's the 10 year old now.

Guess what I forgot to do?  Look for fabric for my Wonky Wheels top.  Oh well, just have to go again next week.

Jacket Muslin Take 2

Another nightmare of a week.  I don't know what the weather thinks it's playing at around here but it's not cricket.  All the snow days, hospital trips (Jacob broke his finger last week) and shovelling have left me with no time for anything.

So here's a quick review of my goals for February

• Clear out and organise the pantry
• Put the basement back together after the renovations
• Make something that I can put in my Etsy shop
• Choose fabric to set the Wonky Wheels blocks
• Figure out a layout for Wonky Wheels blocks
• Make myself a jacket
• Dye some old bath towels, cut them up, bind them and re-purpose them as hand towels for the kitchen

Not very impressive for halfway through huh.

Yesterday I managed a little work toward the Jacket.  I decided to ditch the Vogue pattern and cut up the muslin I made for last month's dress.  I figured that if I used the dress pattern fitted with darts then drew princess seams on I could cut out an approximation of the pattern pieces that I need.  Miraculously I think it worked.  Check this out.

I was inspired to resurrect this Burda pattern.  I tried out the little blue jacket last year but it fit so badly I didn't even keep the muslin.

Fortunately I did keep the pattern pieces so I was able to compare my new pieces with the tissue.  The back is quite similar but the front is where the fit goes wrong.  The paper is on the left and the Kirstin fitting fabric is on the right.

So I'm a little bit enthused again now, I've even figured out how to widen the waist without altering the length of the princess seams, so maybe at the weekend I'll get a muslin of this one made up.  I do hope it works out OK or February will be a gonner and I'll have achieved nothing.