My dear friend has very thoughtfully lent me her sewing machine for a bit while I save up for a new one (she has two operational as opposed to my two unoperational machines), so hopefully I can get my sewing back on track!
Here's a list of things I'd like to sew this summer:
- Finish sewing a shift dress I started before I got pregnant, and I thought of while fabric shopping in New York almost two years ago now. It's a dark grey cotton shell with a lighter grey lace over lay. I'm really excited to get this finished and on me soon.
- I'm thinking of re-purposing some old towels into changing pad covers. I've got a curved changing pad, so it would look kind of like this, but without the monkey...unless I get terribly ambitious and make my own appliques.
- A jersey maxi dress which I would like to eventually tie-dye. This has been inspired by one of the bloggers I follow, Feather's Flights. She has just completed a maxi dress sew along, and has been playing with all sorts of fabric dying and treatments lately.
- A baby back pack for my little man. I found some really fun batik double-sided quilted fabric while looking for notions for his christening gown, so now I'm searching for some shared patterns/ideas to make him a back pack. Baby bags are kind of lame and look like old lady luggage in bad color combos (totally my opinion and I know you probably disagree). The hippie in me sn also searching for some cheap to free corduroy to use as piping accents and bottom reinforcement on the bag. I'm using this free set of instructions as a guide, but planning for it to look a little more like this one. I think I'll also put a pocket on the front, but we'll see.
- And lastly, I'm considering fashioning myself some 40's sailor shorts or even a 50's style shirt dress like the to the right which I found on Simplicity's site. I'm actually pretty keen on the entire "Lisette" line (introduced to me today by Casey), so hopefully they'll go on sale soon and I can actually afford them!
That's it for now! Hopefully this post won't be followed with another like my pregnant projects one!
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