Catching up

I really need to get out of the house more. I've been such a hermit lately. Not necessarily a bad thing... I did go out today - I walked to the Northside gym to make a massage appointment for tomorrow, then on to the Post Office (no mail - where is my Fashion Sewing Group newsletter?), then on the way back I stopped at the library where they rearranged the whole non-fiction section and it seems, got rid of some sewing and knitting books in the process. Last stop: the BX - no new Threads yet but I am patient.

This morning, I looked at Liana's blog where she posted scans of the new Marfy catalog and I am tempted to order one myself. Given the finite size of this apartment, I'll have to hold off for now. Plus, I have eight or so prior issues to peruse.

Over the last week, I've been reading Kathleen Fasanella's blog - it is fascinating. There's an incredible amount of information, mostly for people in the fashion production business, but lots of it useful to home sewers and custom clothiers. I've only read a small part of it, focusing mostly on the Fit and Sizing discussion, but the insights are invaluable. I am waiting for the next injection of spending money to buy her book.

I am currently working on a pants pattern that morphs the leg shape from my favorite store-bought jeans with an above-crotch-line shape that fits well. I made one muslin mock-up earlier this week that was OK but needed some refinement. Now the second one is on my sewing table. That should be it for muslin, the next one will be in the tropical wool that I had in mind when I started this project. Watch this space for pictures.