Rejuvenate

It has been raining all week here in Northern California. Amazingly, the weather has been rejuvenating for me. Normally napping is the only thing I can thing of when the skies turn grey and drip with rain. Plink, Plunk, Zzzz. Grey weather is as sleep-inducing as riding shotgun in a car. Trust me, or ask Eric–I can fall asleep on the way to the grocery store. This week, however, I’ve been quite awake, quite aware, quite content. It is absolutely lovely.

Last fall I began taking classes at the local community college. I found it was a good way to stay involved in fashion as I figure out how to move forward with it professionally. The college is fabulous, cheap, close, and has the best students and staff around. I’m probably a bit biased. Two classmates in my Advanced Pattern Drafting class and I became really close over the semester. We’ve started a little sewing group. Tonight was our second meeting. The sachet in yesterday’s post and another just like it were made for them. We share ideas, talk about things, show off our most recent sewing–like my amazing lingerie.

I can make pretty bras! Ones that fit amazingly and are girly and cute. La ti da ti de… I’m pretty sure I’ll be excited about those for a long while yet–hang in there!

I hosted and was able to show off my sewing room. I guess sometimes I forget how incredibly lucky I am to have an entire room to my sewing–well I do share with the cat box, but that is generally not a problem. I was able to share some of the garments I’ve made. I’m not gonna lie, being told that my garments are awesome–is quite a treat in itself.

We keep each other creating. Our project for next time is to pick something out of Pattern Magic or Pattern Magic 2 and create it. We’re also searching for a garments, or photo(s) of one. Our next project will be to replicate the garment based on the photo(s) or looking at it and utilizing our mad pattern making skills. Fun times indeed. And quite refreshing.

Peace,

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