One week down and what a nice week it’s been! I’ve realized that making the commitment to spend at least two hours in the studio on my days off means I’m prioritizing sewing and claying over other things. It’s a good thing. It feels very luxurious somehow.
Sewing
I’ve sewn up 3.25yds this week (running total 9.25yds), adding two dresses and a skirt to my tiny work wardrobe.
The dresses are from my TNT sleeveless sheath (M6355). They take me three hours from flat fabric to finished dress. The skirt pattern is also a TNT one, adapted from M6355 to approximate the idea of Pamela’s Magic Pencil Skirt. It is not an A-line skirt, despite looking like one in this picture. From the hip down, it’s cut exactly the same as the two dresses. I think it’s the elastic that’s distorting the look on the hanger.
Please excuse the hanger pictures. I won’t even entertain taking pictures of these pieces on me until the outdoor temperatures are in a reasonable range (below freezing for days on end does not qualify in my book).
Both fabrics are ponte. The black one came from Michael’s Fabrics and the heathered dark gray from Emmaonesock. It’s hard to tell the difference in this picture but in real life the difference is obvious. I didn’t make a skirt in the gray because I thought the fabric might make a nice jacket too. So I’m keeping the remaining 1.75yds for that. I hope these fabrics wear well and don’t seat out. They are wonderful to sew and the perfect weight – not too light, not too heavy.
Polymer
I recently moved my clay table into the sewing studio so now my hobbies share one space. This is a good thing. Having two separate spaces wasn’t working well for me. I still have some work to do with reorganizing storage to accommodate clay supplies, tools, and binders full of tutorials. This week I tackled scrap clay and organized it nicely in a plastic box. Then I made four bracelet bases using up some of it. I’ll sand them tonight. The plan for the next few weeks is to work on the techniques in Dan Cormier’s online class Single Slice Mokume – probably lots of samples, different color combinations, and maybe even a finished piece here and there. We’ll see how that goes.
And that’s all I have right now.
See you soon!
(Originally published on my old blog, Studio Alexandra.)
