Acquisitions and some progress

While I may not be sewing, that doesn't mean that I don't need new fabric!!  For my birthday, my sainted mother let me go a bit crazy at Thai Silks.  Mmmm, silk.  Here is my haul.

This is a black crepe de chine with an equivalent length of habotai, which shall be a lining.  I'm planning the wide leg pants from NL 6816.  I should be able to wear these now, but I'll have to get cracking!

This is a bronze-y gold silk taffeta, which will become McCall's 3830, the perfect pencil skirt.  This one will wait until after the baby is born.  I'll also need some lining.  Contrast or match?  I've still got some time to decide!

Last we have an unbelievably gorgeous doupioni.  The photo just doesn't do it justice, so you'll all just have to come over and touch it.  It is a richly saturated purple with an almost hot pink sheen.  Amazing!  I think that I am going to make the jacket from Vogue 1064, although there are also a couple of burda jackets I'm also considering.  I do love the clean lines of the Anne Klein, though.   This one will also have to wait until after baby.

I've also been making some progress on the Red Riding Hood cape for Myra.

This represents some serious knitting for me!  I'm thinking that if I can get it done by Halloween, it would make an adorable costume!!  Toward that end, I needed some gingham and eyelet for a dress.

Hancock obliged by having eyelet 50% off!  So I got some of this pretty border eyelet and used my coupon to get some gingham.  I'm planning to make Butterick 4054 to go with the cape.

Of course, with eyelet on sale, Myra had to have the pink, too.  She wants me to make her an Aurora dress...  We'll have to see about that.