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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on June 21, 2008, 7:43 pm
off kilter quilter @somewherequiet.net wrote:
> wrote:
>> Hm... Look, sister, USING the stash is cheating! ;) Mind you, I've
>> been doing that myself on a few items.
>
> Kate,
>
> There's a site called: www.patternreview.com
>
> It started as just a pattern review site, but has expanded
> dramatically to include sewing machines, etc. and they have contests
> throughout the year. The 2 that I entered are: MY pattern contest and
> Stash (fabric) reduction contest. I almost wone the stash contest
> last year thanks to the elizabethan costume. The only thing I have
> even close to that yardage would be the full Civil War get up that I
> have a pattern for. However, I don't think that will actually get
> done...maybe the skirt and blouse, but not all the underpinnings and
> such. So you see, to feed my competitive nature, I entered the
> contests, and to follow the rules, I *HAVE* to use up my stash!
I have TWO WHOLE CRATES of stash just for garb projects... When will I
ever wear them, if I make them up? :D
Recently James needed new trousers for camp, and for the trip to France
he's on now, so he got:
1 pair light camo cut-offs*
1 pair light camo cargo pull-ons*
1 pair dark camo cargo pull-ons
1 pair red zippy-off trousers
2 pairs 'manly lilac' (it's a sort of lilac-ish grey) shorts
1 pair light weight stone cut-offs
1 pair jungle green cargo pull-ons
*I bought this fabric for him recently, but because of the style of
trousers he wanted, I managed to get TWO pairs out of it! :D
All the rest came from stash, including all fly and pocket zips. I did
have to buy the leg zips for the zippy offs. I bought him some jeans
recently too, as I can't make them for the price I can buy them.
>
> The good thing is that the children get LOTS of new school clothes
> (though Bek's clothing is on hold since she's obviously going through
> a growth spurt), and I will get some new clothing made to MY sizes and
> specifications. In fact, I spent the day working on my first pair of
> made-by-me jeans!!! Ran out of jean thread, so I will let them simmer
> for a little bit longer until I can get to the store for more thread.
> Might do it tomorrow night since I have to run out and help get the
> church set up for vacation Bible school...shop is just down the road
> from the church.
James has school uniform, and I can buy the shirts and trousers cheaper
than making them, and likewise the blazer. I buy all that I cannot get
cheaper or at all elsewhere through the school shop, as the school
benefits from the profits.
>
> Anyway.....I found some lovely shirt-weight in a light blue that I
> think will go into maybe 1 or 2 different style tops for me, so that
> might be what I work on next. Not to worry, though. Even if I sewed
> up all the stash projects that are sitting on my floor, the wardrobe
> is still rather full. I am trying to work back up to wanting to deal
> with boucle fabric again....lovely forest green with peach and ivory
> flecks in it that might get made into a trench coat for dressier
> events....but it shreds like the dickens!
Serge all the edges the moment you cut it out!
>
> Larisa, off to clean the futon from golden cat hair then onto the next
> project...after I have a soak and pray that the left leg doesn't turn
> too purple between now and tomorrow morning (fell in the garage
> yesterday)
OUCH! Sympathies on their way. I hope just bruised and nothing broken.
Alan is suffering from burning his elbow on a lightbulb while getting
a bed out of a friend's cramped loft space! It was on the cup of the
hospital/no hospital decision, so he didn't go... I think he should
have done: diabetics don't heal as fast nor as well as us non-diabetics.
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
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