bits and bobbins

i’ve been sparse with the blogging, i know. i have been finishing up some work this week, and i have oral surgery/wisdom teeth removal tomorrow (yay.), but in the coming weeks i hope to be ramping up my creative output again, and i also want to post here in the blog more…about things i see around the ‘net fashion and art-wise that i love, like the if money was no object… posts, other blogs and sites that inspire me, perhaps wardrobe_remix-ers o’ the week again, plus all the updates on what i’m working on and want to work on. more, better! that sort of thing.

to inspire myself, i’ve been pouring through my flickr ’stream, looking for stuff i made in the past that i particularly love, in hopes it will inspire me with my future creative ventures…

i’m extremely inspired by patchwork at the moment (well, i always have been, but very much more *right now*). must. do. more. with. patchwork. and not in the expected ways, either. i want to find boundary breaking ways of using it, even if those boundaries are only the ones i have yet to cross in my own personal explorations…

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so, in keeping with the wardrobe refashion pledge, i’m in the middle of a few projects, as seen above:

-a zig-zag scarf made with odd bits of yarn from the ye olde stash.

-and starting a sewing pattern from the built by wendy pattern collection, as a way to get myself back in the sewing habit before attacking custom patternmaking i want to get into doing tout suite, as i detailed in a previous post. i’m planning on making the one shown on the far right, the one with the three quarter length sleeves and elasticated hem. the fabric is a rich pumpkin-colored wool jersey.

i am very happy this weekend for one big reason: my new patternmaking/cutting table arrived yesterday! i was told it would take three weeks to arrive, but instead, it only took three days! petey put it together this morning for me. now i can now sew and design with ease!

i was very worried about the weeks it would have taken to get here, as i abhor the idea of using the floor to draft patterns or assemble pieces of patterns while sewing, if only for the damage it would do to my weak back. *phew* so glad it did not come down to that…

the sewing and designing will now commence! hurrah!