new products

one new applique:
one new product:

Sale Stock

Tonight is the Cranberry Market at Trillium Waldorf School in Guelph. No time for good photos but these are some of my favourites.

wrap cardigan

merino circular scarf
skirt

slippers

dress with pleats and cashmere banding

shawl

Moving

Sadly, I have been doing hardly any of this (another dress shirt reincarnation from the week before the move) and much more of carting boxes around.

The move was BIG, to say the least. And the place appears to be having its own little garage sale which began on the moving day and continues which each drawer I open and corner I investigate. Though it made moving harder, it's all part of this home's charms. I cooked the first real meal - lamb and white bean cassoulet - in a lovely orange casserole dish found in the kitchen cupboard. There's an excellent set of drawers for small sewing supplies, complete with notions. And lots of light and space for both loom and sewing machine in the new space. Plus a retro radio to bring CBC to my little work corner. We found a magnifying glass with a small lightbulb in it. A number of old style honey tins. And dozens of jars of pickled beets....ok, those we didn't keep.

Now, I am eager to get back to work. I'll need new material to redo the roller blinds all over this house. A circular rag rug for the bathroom floor. Some wool diaper covers for a special order. A mama and baby poncho for my sister and her soon to arrive babe. And lots lots more clothing to sew.

these days are longer

summer carries us along in a way very different from the other seasons. we fill up the hours so easily and it's harder to remember which day we're at. i like that. i also really like the shift from summer to fall which makes me think what i like best are those transitions in between. i feel summer close.
here are some projects from the last few days:
a dress which saw more of the stitch ripper than i care to admit:

a replacement for my broken zippered wallet, modeled after a leather Malian one i had in undergrad which was stolen and which i mourned the loss of more than its contents:

and droolingly delicious tomato tarts with fresh mizuna that came up again all by itself in our neglected garden:

Yikes! It has been ages...which isn't to say I haven't been doing anything. This blog was meant to remedy my problem with sewing and selling and not remembering, but alas I've just spent the last couple weeks preparing for tomorrow's sale and the goods are piling up. Here are some of my favourites:

I've had this dress in my mind for awhile, and a few weeks ago, I searched for some material to correspond with the front piece which I could use to make a cowl neckline for the back. Rebecca showed me how to make the pattern from a shirt I already had.
I'm delighted with it. A good way to celebrate the beginning of a week as my alter ego (without offspring). Brett and I are a bit lost to tell the truth, but I have to admit dinner was so enjoyably civil....with well chosen words and deliberate conversation.

This is the last revision for this piece! I decided to alter it into a girl's dress since I wasn't going to wear it much as a shirt. I'm happier with these results but I have to wait and see how it fits once I find a good model. It would be really nice to have a dress form since I'm doing the measurements manually at this point.