Spending the last year sewing from this book has improved my sewing confidence tremendously. I feel like I am better at visualizing a project before I start. I also now know enough about sewing that I can use my new knowledge and logic to figure out problems, instead of feeling frustrated and lost because I haven't mastered the basics.
Do you know there are only two projects left?
The Lace Trimmed Coat
And the Pants with Leg Warmers.
The coat has lots of dainty details like lace and buttons. The pants have knitting which can take some time if you are not a fast knitter.
So this month you can pick either of the two patterns or both.
Its up to you.
In case you are curious I plan on doing the pants. I've never sewn knitted fabric to woven fabric before. Have fun and remember to include your link on this post when you are done!
Wait a minute....what about the vest, the hat, the scarf....the sundress?!
You can see I'm not ready to *let go* of the Sewalong any time soon. ha ha! :-) :-) It's been such a constant friend to me, too. Like therapy.
Hmmmm...I'm choosing pants, as well. I pre-bought linen for the coat in August before the fabric stock changed (no linen in winter here....no wool in summer) since I was SPECULATING ;-) that you would assign the coat in the Fall. My linen is deep coffee-brown, so am not as excited about that right now. We'll see. But, pants first at any rate.
Any suggestions on wool for the warmers? I'm having some trouble finding washable + not-scratchy in my stash. I wandered around ravelry a little, hoping to find something similar. What are you going to use?
Posted by: Tanya B. | January 12, 2011 at 12:36 AM
Tanya - You are on top of this more them me! You are right I did skip some of the smaller projects, but I figured that the big ones were the most important.
I am not sure what wool I am going to use. I am knitting Shalom with Cascade Eco Wool and I think it is nice but a little scratchy. My washed gauge swatch is much softer so I am hoping it will soften after I block it.
Check out Spud & Chloe Sweater. I made my sister a pair of fingerless mitts with that and I love the yarn. Soft and squishy.
Posted by: Melissa | January 12, 2011 at 10:14 AM
I've been waiting for you to put up the pants so that I could post mine!
http://localfoodblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-pants-perfect-for-farm-kids.html
Fun, very useful, very cute project!
Posted by: Sarah | February 26, 2011 at 12:32 PM
i finished knitting the legwarmers, but that's all... i really would like to make the lace trimmed coat some day...
Posted by: Rachel | March 02, 2011 at 06:58 AM