
Came home from 12th Night with a little bit of loot... Can you read this?... it says "Harris Tweed - Woven in Lewis" and I have three yards to play with. Much more narrow than factory woven goods, it is "all wool and a yard wide". I am thinking a jacket: some kind of interesting combination of period techniques and modern styling... rectangular construction, maybe lined in silk... might need to have a bit of trim around the edges/collar with velveteen, or even some leather elbow patches!, just because... Not going to be made up this spring, but thinking for autumn, which will allow plenty of time for the design ideas to percolate
My beloved pal Jen, knowing my fondness for the grey+black combination, gifted me with this pair of beads; I foresee earrings in my future, that will coordinate with my Wintertime 6PAC.
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Our plucky heroine will concede that there is a mortal lot of fabric scattered round about Acorn Cottage... and while it is all rather too disorderly right now, it does mean that most of the materials to create new clothing are close at hand. The "Stashbusting Sewalong" is just what the doctor ordered...
I have planned currently and am working on the "Winter 6PAC"*, the "Stitchers Guild SWAP 2013"**, and am looking towards the "Spring 6PAC"***, for a total of either 15 or 16 garments. All of the basic fabric for these will come from stash. The only wardrobe sewing purchases that will happen this year will be related needful supplies, such as interfacing and thread.
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* 6PAC = Six Piece Awesome Collection, the wintertime one is two inner layers, two outer layers, pants
(and a coat)
** SWAP = Sewing With A Plan, eleven garments, rules change every year, this year it is two five piece collections with a bridge garment
*** my springtime 6PAC will be three inner layers, two outer layers and a jacket
Most but not all of the 6PAC garments will also be part of SWAP, and visa-versa, there are a few specific to each of the three plans. It sounds like a lot of clothes, but I have a very small wardrobe, and after a year or two, the clothing needs replaced as it is worn beyond repair.