SWAP Update

I'm not sure that signing up for all these sewing challenges was necessarily a good idea because:

a) after the epic disaster of the Shirtwaist Dress I've lost nearly all my confidence in my non-existent dressmaking skills (but thankfully none of my drive)

b) I've spent all morning day and all last night trolling through eBay, Etsy and Folksy in an effort to find patterns I like that I can sew

c) I've spent all morning looking at fabric on eBay and come to one conclusion, I have the taste of a 90 year old woman

But! I have decided on some things, which are as follows:

Sewing With A Plan

TROUSERS DENIM	TROUSERS NAVY & WHT TWILL	SKIRT (A) BROWN FLORAL POPLIN	SKIRT (B)
SIMPLE SHIRT BROWN FLORAL POPLIN	SIMPLE SHIRT (B) WHITE COTTON	DRESS FLORAL COTTON
TOP (D) BROWN CHECK	TOP (A) STRIPED COTTON	NO CLUE!

Assuming I win all the patterns I'm bidding for I should be able to do the above. I've already got the denim and I bought the brown check, blue polycotton (see below) and white polycotton today. I'm going to make the brown check shirt like a cowgirl kind of shirt, with brown piping and I might, if I can make it work, change the design slightly and add a yoke. I can see in my mind how it all fits together but doing it so that it all fits correctly still is a whole different ballgame! I thought I'd shorten the second pair of trousers into pedal pushers.

I've also figured out a few more bits about the Summer Essentials:

Summer EssentialS

	POOL SIDE PRETTIES DARK BLUE POLYCOTTON
	CLAM DIGGERS & CO IVORY & RED STRIPE
	SWEET & SASSY SKIRTS BLACK COTTON
	THE SUNDRESS RED, WHT & BLUE STRIPE COTTON POPLIN
	TEES, TUNICS & BLOUSES NO IDEA!
	THOSE SUMMER NIGHTS NO IDEA!

I'm going to attempt to make the playsuit as 'sailory' as possible, again I can see in my head how to do it but actually doing it will be the test. I think I'm going to cheat with most of these and ask my mother to tutor me, I'd hate for another Shirtwaist Dress disaster! You'll notice all the fabrics are a cotton or cotton blend, this is purely because I have not yet learnt what all the other fabrics are like nor how to sew them. I'll get to that once I've learnt a bit more about actually constructing something and having it turn out without a gaping hole down the centre front!

Oh, and whilst wandering eBay (all day!) for fabric I came across the most divine shop full of divine fabric and want to buy pretty much everything but then that would mean my wardrobe would be made of nothing but florals and I don't think that would be such a good look. But do check out the shop, there's bound to be something there you'll like, promise.*

* I wasn't paid to say this, I only ever point the way to shops with things I adore

Thanks for stopping by,