August in Review...

Sewing:

Clockwise top L to R:  Silk dress, Tessuti Patterns Eva dress; black and taupe sateen dress, Simplicity 2372; black ITY knit dress, Vogue 9268; cotton apron, out-of-print (OOP) Butterick 5263, six pairs of cotton knit panties, Simplicity 8229. 

The Fasts:

I will admit that I almost fell off the ready-to-wear (RTW) fast a week ago when I spotted an ankle length wool sweater coat at Winners. Almost. My will power failed me in the fabric store. I picked up the quilting fabric for Mama R's new apron when clearance fabrics were marked down an additional 50% off. My bad. There were some others that made it into the fabric stash. Oh and there was lovely silk satin to line a jacket for Mama R. I'll try again next month.    

The Stats:

Supplies	Quantity Used from the stash this Month	Quantity Used this Year	Added to the Stash this year
Basting Tape	0 metres	3.83 metres	0
Bias Tape	9.1 metres	15.6 metres	10 metres
Buttons		45	50
Chain		0	0
Cord Stopper		0	0
Elastic	16.8 metres	32.3 metres	38 metres
Fabric	15 metres	94.6 metres	75.3 metres
Fusible Tape	4 metres	43.26 metres	6 rolls
Hand needles		2	0
Hook and Eyes		0	0
Interfacing	0.5 metres	6.7 metres	6 metres
Lace trim		2.6 metres	0
Pattern (new)	1	14	18
Pattern (previously used--TNT)	4	25	0
Ribbon		1.1 metres	5.3 metres
Serger needles		0	0
Serger thread		4	12
Sewing machine needles		4	9
Snaps		5	0
Thread		14	18
Trim		2 metres	7 metres
Velcro		0	0
Zipper	1	7	10

The Plans:

National Sewing Month begins tomorrow and the theme is to sew for the beauty of it. I have quite a bit of sewing to do for my beautiful Mom. She wants a new jacket in black. I have a lovely napped wool fabric set aside for that project and splurged on some silk lining. And then she would like another dress in a navy satin back crepe. There is an Eva dress to make for a friend. For myself I would really like to concentrate on sewing some comfortable pieces of sleepwear. I'll see how these plans work out.    

Happy Sewing!