On the Sewing Table and Post-Pregnancy Body Reckoning
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Do not fear, my fellow sewing enthusiasts, my sewing table has not gone unemployed these last few months; not entirely unemployed at least. I signed up for Kid's Clothing Week which was two weeks ago and also Me-Made May as inspiration to get my sewing-mojo back and... wait, let me backtrack here... What happened to my sewing mojo? SEWING mojo, where are you?! I don't yet have an answer for that.
I have been tracing patterns and cutting fabric, but haven't really finished anything! I start a project, and then migrate back into illustration and leave these projects all folded in their little plastic tubs for days, and then weeks, and now months. (sigh)
I have taken the first step, though, toward welcoming new projects and completing them. I went through my closet and started the daunting, and somewhat sad task of separating clothes that will never fit me ever again. And, this (really sadly) included a lot of my homemade clothing. It was pretty depressing to see the Bombshell Dress in the pile of clothes going to charity alongside all of my homemade jeans and trousers, and several dresses. You see, my 3 main measurements (bust, waist, hips) are no longer the same as before pregnancy (no surprise to many of you), but I was totally in denial. I thought that things would at least get pretty close to what they were, but there's no way that my waist or hips are gonna shrink in that way ever again, and it's been almost a year since the little guy was born. So, it's time.
Oh, I want to tell you it's been so positive for me, and that I can easily see the silver lining -- that it's a way to start fresh and make space for projects and clothes I love -- but it's been hard. It's been really hard actually, and if you follow my blog, you know that I'm a pretty positive person. And well, my self-esteem has taken a pretty big hit. I finally broke down this past week and bought new bras. Not a single one of my old bras fit anymore, and it was a big first step toward acceptance of the new me. Okay, I do have a silver lining, and it's that I'm now a pretty standard bra size which means I can find them in my size in pretty much any brand! Yippee!
And, here's where I end my own pity party... right here! Done!
So, what am I working on?
Pattern: Streaky Legs, Ottobre 1/2015
Fabric: in sweatshirt, single jersey, and microfleece
Pattern: Moneta, Colette Pattern 1028
Fabric: Dark Turquoise knit
Pattern: ??
Fabric: all kinds of quilting cotton already cut into squares
Remember these? These were the remnants of the zig-zag quilt I made almost exactly a year ago! I cut waaay too many squares thinking I was doing a rainbow HST quilt, but instead went with a zig-zag. I have no idea what to do with them. I've got colors ranging from brown/tan to bright yellow-green. Do you have any favorite quilt patterns to suggest? Let me know. :)