I purchased a piece of denim colored knit from Fabric Mart last summer based on a swatch in my first Julie's Pick's samples, but it ended up being a lot slipperier, stretchier, and shinier than I would have liked, however I used that fabric to make a pair of Silhouette Yoga pants and a Cutting Line Designs Pure and Simple shell and after wearing those garments during the long meeting last Saturday, I have to say that it is quite comfortable plus created the "inner column" of color that our guest speaker Nancy Nix Rice had said in her book was very flattering.
The jacket is another story, though, since even though I chose the fabric from my stash at the same time I started working on my top and pants (I'm still trying to make 6pacs of clothing for the various seasons, but this was supposed to be part of my Fall collection!) and was pretty sure I was again going to use my Little Somethin jacket pattern, I didn't get around to making my jacket until the week before our annual meeting and didn't finish it until the day before our meeting, which is when I told the woman in charge of our fashion show that I was going to be another model on Saturday. I've always been big on last minute sewing, but this was a bit ridiculous even for me!
I did something even crazier than that, though, since Nancy Nix Rice taught a workshop for our guild on Sunday and I wanted something to wear with my old pair of pants made from a denim stretch fabric so I cut out and sewed another Pure and Simple shell from a piece of blue knit fabric that I'd bought to go with those pants at the Worcester Expo this year, but never had gotten around to making and I finished it in time to wear to that meeting. No pictures of that, since I kept my jacket on for most of the day, but I felt good about having a top to match my pants, another "column of color"!
All of this has gotten me back in the sewing mood, so hopefully I will continue to make a few new garments, even without those deadlines and hopefully post some stories about my creations on this site!
