Here's an overview to the state of things at bahn yaiAnn..
Number of FOs to be blogged: 10
Number of knitting projects in progress: 1
Number of knits planned: 0
Number of sewing projects in progress: 2
Number of sewing projects planned: 5+
Number of quilts planned: 5
Number of sewing patterns purchased in the last 2 months: too many to count
Amount of fabric purchased in the last two months: My wallet just hurts thinking about it
So yes, it seems that mamaFasu's dream has, for the time being, come true. Sewing is starting to take a huge chunk of my attention and knitting is getting pushed to the back burner (For those of you who are unfamiliar with mamaFasu, she made half of her living in Thailand as a seamstress. When I started knitting, she saw it as a waste of time and expressed to me how much more efficient and useful sewing is). So yes. Here I am, spending most of my days thinking about sewing, patterns and fabric. I watch the time and wait for 5 o'clock to come so I can head home, trace patterns and just feel the soothing hum of my sewing machine against my hands. Gosh, it sounds like I'm turning into a sicko!
So what's the immediate happs in terms of projects and such? The wedding of the year is happening in less that two weeks and I haven't even cut fabric for the dress I was planning on sewing, Vogue 8386. I did, however, make a muslin and am currently working through some pattern modifications. But something happened this weekend and yesterday that stopped me dead in my tracks. I found fabulous fall fabrics that are just calling me out to sew pieces for some new fall clothes. I snagged some black cotton twill, mini black and white houndstooth, creamy taupe wool, and brown tweedy wool. Here are the pieces I'm thinking about.
McCall 5480
Vogue 8413
Design 118, capelet from BWOF 9/2007
Design 117, dress from BWOF 9/2007
Design 116, skirt from BWOF 9/2007
I feel like I'm asking for trouble by even just THINKING about sewing from BWOF. My original intent was to try the "one dot" patterns. But out of the three issues I have, NONE of them have a single "one dot" pattern. I guess I'll give a go at the "two dots" and just take my time.
As for my dress for the wedding of the year, who knows now. But I do have a back-up, so I'm prepared. And as far as knitting goes, don't give up on me yet because I haven't given up on knitting. I can't drag my sewing machine on the bus, so the knitting will continue to live on.