Ah yes, we have finally entered upon full on baseball and softball season. It is 5-7 nights a week of either practice or games. If it is practice, I can usually get something done, since we carpool with another family for baseball (hubby is the softball coach, so he is on for that!).
During April I was able to get a lot of what I wanted done, in addition to some fabric sample and pattern test sewing that always seems to come up unexpectedly.
May plans:
- I really want to get more dresses sewn up to send to the Lakota kids. I have a box ready to be sent out that includes some pretty shoes my daughter never wore (she has narrow feet…I have found buying online for her can be problematic). I have plenty of cotton sitting there collecting dust and many patterns that I made for my girl from when she was young. There are a few sundresses that I could make in my sleep, so I would like to make at least a few of them.
Right now I have two cut out from Simple Life Pattern Company that I had tested. I am hoping to get them made up this week and then maybe get a few more cut out and made up in the next few weeks. So…maybe set a goal of 5? dresses for May?
- I really, really want to get a new black leather purse made since I sold the one I made for myself in January. It will likely be similar to the one I made then. If I have time I will try to make a tutorial on it.
- A friend wants me to make him a leather gun holster with The Punisher on it. That is a new project for me, so I need to figure out how I want to make the gun holster. I have been looking at tutorials, so am about ready to dive in on it.
Then there is Me Made May, where all of us sewists try to wear what we make. This is a bit of a no brainer for me, since I usually wear or carry something I have made everyday. I did fairly well with it last year. I will do a weekly round up post, instead of posting each day.
I also have another strike off sample to sew up. I think I know what I will be making with it, and it won’t be too hard or time consuming.
I am sure there will be some other sewing sneaking in, but this is my plan so far. Now that I am working on more strike off sample sewing, that seems to eat a bit into my time!
