Taking Stock #3

Here’s the ‘final’ post on how I’m approaching my current sewing plans.  I have done a little bit of shopping since I sorted everything out so there is more planning to be done!

This is a much more subdued selection of fabric, although it was coincidental that the piles ended up as they did!

• Up first are two plain jerseys in cream and mid-blue which both came from The Eternal Maker.  They are lovely and soft and I’m going to make two Gable tops.  This is my current all-time favourite basic top pattern.
• I’ve made McCall’s 3830 so many times over the years that the pattern has almost disintegrated.  I’ve now traced it off to preserve it for the future.  I’m going to make a plain denim skirt with a floral lining which will be smart enough for work.  The denim is from Ditto and a really great colour and quality.
• The next fabric is a gorgeous colour and was original bought from The Eternal Maker to make this Simplicity top to go with my Christmas skirt.  I ran out of time but I’m still keen to make this.  It will be the third version of this pattern I’ve made and when I wore one of them the other day I realised the top would work better a little shorter so that’s an alteration I will make this time.
• Next up is a real challenge for me!  I’ve had the Moss skirt pattern for ages and have always been put off by the thought of inserting a fly zip.  I’ve decided that now I have the sewing group to back me up I can finally tackle this.
• The photograph of the final fabric looks very strange!  It’s a narrow striped stretch cotton from The Fabric Godmother but the stripes look more like wood grain here! I’m going to make another Top 64 by Merchant & Mills.  I’ve worn the first version a lot and the pockets are brilliant!

Since the last post I’ve cut out the New Look pattern and I took it with me to last night’s sewing group.  Despite a lot of chatting I made quite good progress.  Here I am at the sewing machine wearing the sleeveless Esme dress I made VERY quickly after buying the fabric last weekend at Ditto!  Thank you to @cathysewsstuff for the photograph as I failed to take a single picture!  There will be more about the sewing group in another post.

I’ve realised there was no mention of Mr Jane Makes in my last post. He’s now signed up for the Chichester half marathon in October having been donated an entry by a friend who is now doing a half marathon in London that day!  He has embarked on his training programme, part of which involved polishing off quite a few of the cookies I baked for the sewing group last night!

Salted caramel and chocolate cookies.  They were pretty good even if I say so myself!