Thanks for voting!

The votes thus far for which dress to make for 45th Class Reunion shows V9017 as the most recommended. Thanks for taking the time to vote.  I had this one as my first choice followed by the McCall's dress.

I just got the new Vogue Pattern Magazine and this dress is showcased with the upper bodice pieces being one fabric and the lower bodice pieces being a solid black which gives me something else to contemplate.  My plan was to use the brown/black fabric for the center piece and the black for outer pieces.  Decisions, decisions.

Back to work today!

I slipped!

Yes, I fell off the no pattern buying until March band wagon!  

It seemed a lot of Club BMV emails were coming my way and then the improved Vogue Pattern magazine proved to be too much.  So I bought three Vogue patterns. 

And then reading Pattern Review there was a Simplicity knit top that matched up with a Pinterest top that I had pinned.  So I bought that pattern plus one other one that was on sale at PR.

These are three Vogue patterns I bought

The first one I was interested in the jacket only.  The second one I love all three pieces and the third one is Marci Tilton jacket/vest 

I also had a coupon for Michael Levine's Low Price Fabric and purchased two knit fabrics from him.  I need to take shots of those so I can share. 

I also finished the Renfrew top and this will become my all time fabric cowl neck pattern.  More later.

Patterns and more Patterns

Recently while blog reading I read several post about the new fall patterns from Vogue.  It is interesting to read people's opinions about the latest offerings; McCall's had some new ones also.  It seems many people are in the camp that the offerings are not so great and others found some they liked.  I like reading the differing thoughts on this.

I have subscribed to Vogue Pattern Magazine for a number of years.  Some earlier issues this year presented a new format that was found lacking.  There were some potentially good ideas there but the articles were too focused on the sewing industry, or fabric development, etc.  I can get that information from other related magazines such as Threads.  This is a PATTERN magazine and that is what I want to see-patterns. 

The recently released edition has reverted back to the older format and showcased lots of patterns; and a lot of garments were made up in winter white.  To me, way to many winter white garments;  let me say I truly got the message/point that winter white is IN!

I also realized ,and this pertains to me personally, is that I OWN MOST ALL of the patterns being show cased!!!!!!  This also means to me personally that I really don't need to be buying so many as I have not made up half of the ones I have purchased over the past few Club BMV sales. 

This depicting of pattern repeats in new color way tends to support what many bloggers are saying when they write that they are not seeing anything new from Vogue.  I actually did find a few that because of reduced prices they appealed to me enough to purchase.  Nonetheless, they are similar in style to other patterns I own and probably with a few tweaks to those I could make them into the new pattern currently  being offered.

Here are my recent purchases:

I also picked up three other independent patterns on PR that I will post about  later.

I have decided that these patterns will be my last purchase of patterns until March 2014!  I am going on a pattern diet.  I plan to give some patterns away to charity and truly toying with a pattern giveaway on this blog.  I have never done that and really want to plan how and when I do this so that I can honor a commitment to be timely in sending out the pattern(s).

I have now finished my second cup of coffee after returning from my CURVES exercise and now I am off to the sewing room. 

Thanks for stopping by and more posts later.

No fabric and sewing magazine

I did not get to go to Waechter's Fabrics while in Asheville and found out later that I was probably only two miles away from them !!!!  Meetings went longer than planned on the last day and it is a 4.5 hour drive back to Roanoke, so  I decided to hit the road and travel home.  Too many critters out at night in the mountain areas for me to feel real comfortable driving late at night.

I had today off so I have a longer weekend to sew.  I am about finished with the Butterick dress.  Of course, it is still summer but when the calendar turns to September, I think the dress will not get worn.  Nonetheless, the fitting issues are resolved and I do plan to make this for fall.  I did not sew much today as I had a hair appointment and pedicure.  Time for some pampering.

I got the latest Vogue Pattern Magazine.  I am not sure that I am liking the new format.  The past issue was similar.  There are more articles on various subjects, some on fitting and stitching which are okay and helpful but I get that kind of information from Threads magazine.  Granted others may not read Threads so this may be useful to them.  There is a long article on making denim, nice but does not appeal to me.   There is just less and less showcasing patterns, and most of that is pushed to the back of the magazine.  I get more excitement going to their website than the excitement of looking at the magazine these days.  The last few pages of this magazine were of the patterns they released for fall which yes I have purchased several.  I would prefer they showcase those new patterns made up in different fabrics than what you see on the website and present more sewing ideas around the pattern---it is a pattern magazine.

I am always saying change is the only constant thing in life;  does not mean that I necessarily like it.  Hope your weekend is a good one.