Hi Y'all!

Hi everyone.  I thought I'd check in since it's been a while. I'm still hard at work in my sewing room doing a little at a time.  Rather than start with the big things (fabric), I started with the little things (notions and doodads).  Now I'm doing patterns.  What an experience this has been and where the hell did all these patterns come from?  Okay, I know the answer to that, but as I go through them, I'm amazed by how many my mom sent me and how many are at odds with my current style.  At first I was worried that I was going to have problems weeding them down -- it seemed like more were going in the keep stack then the donate stack.  Finally that tide has begun to change now that I've been through my Hot Patterns and realize that they are not only amazing, but that they are wonderfully classic.  So, with a renewed mind, I'm going through a second time and weeding some more.  I decided that, given the time I have to devote to sewing, I really don't need hundreds of patterns laying around, especially if those patterns are trendy.  Thanks to the time I've spend in fitting rooms during the last several months, I've really gotten an idea of what looks good on me and what makes me feel fabulous when I'm wearing it.  So if a pattern doesn't make me say "wow!", then it's out of here.  3 bags and counting -- talk about excess.  We won't even speak of the amount of elastic I have.  I know how that got that way too...

Me:  I just came back from the store.  I ran out of elastic so I had to buy some until my order comes in.

Mom:  You need elastic?

Me:  No, I have it now.

1 week later:

Mom:  I just sent you some elastic.

Me:  (silence)

So, I've gone through and gotten rid of cheap elastic that has no chance of standing the test of time, but I still have quite a bit simply because I've removed the elastic from their spools.

Well folks, I'd better get back to work. 

Happy sewing.  After patterns come sewing magazines.  It's not looking good for Burda.