No, this isn’t a halloween post, there are more scary things in life. I did something last weekend that I wouldn’t ever have imagined doing just couple of years ago. I went to a sewing meet-up. Not only have I never imagined myself as the crafty type of person, I am also really scared of situations when I don’t know anyone. The fact that I dared to do this is quite amazing but I am really glad I did.

I hate small talking with people that I know nothing about. It bores me to the core and makes me want to whip up my phone and start browsing. What did people do before the mobile phone? One of the most painful thing I do is to go to the hair dresser. To sit there locked in a chair for half an hour is just dreadful.

I at least knew I would have something in common with the people at the sewing meet-up. Sewing! I really don’t know anyone in real life that sews and my fiancé’s face usually turns pretty blank when I try telling him about a certain technique I am experimenting with. I miss not having anyone to discuss sewing with.

So I signed up for a group in my area and finally managed to attend a meeting. It was a small gathering with only three of us but this was really perfect for me. Very nice ladies and it was inspiring to get some tips and see what they were making. I didn’t actually sew anything but I drew up quite a few patterns and cut out some to work on in the future. I will for sure go again and not once did I feel like starting to browse on my phone!

I feel inspired after this meet-up. The living room table is filled with sewing machines and I am trying my hands at some new techniques almost every day.

So not everything turns out as well as I had hoped. For this particular thing I blame the pattern. I bought the Ten and Five design pattern but found the pattern in it that I tried to be lacking. Not sure if it is representative of the rest. The pattern instructions were poor and the visuals were wrong (used different pattern pieces than were provided with the pattern). The visuals were difficult to decipher since they were taken with a heavily patterned fabric. The final result was way to short and wide which makes me think the pattern maker didn’t really spend a whole lot of time testing her own pattern. The collar however was cute and I might reuse that idea for something else later but I am not really attempted to try more from this pattern collection.

Little lady in her new clothes

The skirt I was happy with. A very simple model from Ottobre 4/2013 that taught me to do elastic shirring. I am pretty sure I will make more of these!

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I got the idea for the color combination from an outfit I saw at the beach one day this summer. Think I might try something later with the same colors.

Beautiful neckline