Side-tracked

I've been moping around the sewing studio lately without accomplishing much. I've drafted a portrait collar on a PMB sheath but I don't have any muslin to try it out. None unless I count the two pieces I use as press cloths. So I sucked it up and ordered a 50yd. bolt from Jo-Ann's. It may take a while, APO shipping isn't the fastest. Until then, I'll have to find something else to do...

... like bead crochet. I learned to do that at the knitters' meet earlier this month, promptly ordered beads from Fire Mountain, and a few patterns (some free) from Bead-Patterns.com. At left is my first attempt at a real project. The whole rope is basically a simple spiral of beaded slip stitches. This one is 7 beads around, the pattern is a 60-bead repeat. It was a lot of fun stringing the beads - 6 yards of them. I may not need all that but I wasn't sure and I figured better safe than sorry. The colors are not anything that I would wear so it's okay if I make a mistake. This is my learning piece. After that, I'd like to make a few pieces to go with my clothes. Maybe a dark gray and pale blue necklace for my (planned but not yet started) SWAP.

On another note, the tunic from MyLabel is still sitting here, waiting for me to have enough time and energy to go downtown to my Bernina dealer. The owners both smoke and it takes a lot out of me to be in such environment. Hence the wait until I'm in the right mood.

I am really inspired by the clothes at Barrie Pace. The catalog came in today, there's a lot of eye candy in it. And surprisingly, a lot of it is made in the USA. Quite a few things I'd like to wear, too. Must find that mojo, must find that mojo, must find that mojo...