Monthly Roundup: October 2011

I hope everyone who celebrated had a fabulous Halloween! We're all on sugar overload over here, but it sure was fun!

My happy trick or treaters

Are you wondering about the glowing Magic Hair?

I know, right? How cool is that?? Mitch reports that she was the hit of the neighborhood. And she didn't even have to sing.

Anyway, I've been a busy bee this month! Halloween sort of took over my sewing room for most of it, but I managed a few other things as well. The sewing highlight of the month was Sewing Summit! I had a wonderful time, learned quite a few new tricks and met some beautiful, talented women. It was awesome!

This month, I have made:
1) New Look 66793 dress as a baby gift

2) Ottobre 06-2009-3 tee as a baby gift

3) Jalie 2105 leotard for Myra

4) Jalie 2921 top for me

5) Ottobre 06/2009-7 vest for Logan

6) Garter Stripe Scarf for Myra

7) Norobi Obi for me

8) Simplicity 2065 dress for Myra

9) Ottobre 03/2009-23 shirt for Logan

10) Simplicity 2506 jumpsuit and accessories for Duncan

11) Simplicity 2065 headdress for Myra

12) Ottobre 01/2009-23 pants x2 for Logan

13) Kwik Sew 3570 pullover for Mitch

14) Vogue 1020 cardigan for me

That rounds out to 12 sewn items and 2 knitted. I'm particularly excited to have my first knitting FOs in months. Yardage wise, I sewed 20 1/2 yards, only 10 of which were from stash. All those Halloween costumes are mostly at fault here. Surprised I didn't have 8 yards of sparkle satin in my stash? The Rapunzel dress was definitely the most labor intensive project this month, and I did learn some good techniques from it, most notably I learned to gather by zigzag stitching over dental floss (Thank you, Tanis-Isis for that tip!)

Next month I have much winter sewing planned. Remember this fabric?

I bought it nearly 2 years ago, and it's time has come. It will be a new jacket before the month is out. I am determined. I could also use a new pair of jeans, as I've been culling the herd recently. There is also this piece of metallic suedecloth calling my name... Hmm, maybe I'll just play it by ear. :)