Cidell!

I was traveling for work recently, and I was lucky enough to hang out with Cidell of the fabulous blog Ms. Celies Pants!! (sorry for the delay in posting--it took a while to load the pictures).



She is awesome!

She is also stunning—these pics don’t do her justice.

Here we are at A Fabric Place.



We talked sewing, and discussed the various virtues of skill and bravado (I'll let you guess which one of those I posess in abundance, and which one I do not.)

We helped out some independent patternmakers test the fit of a jacket…



We tried to explain the complicated steps involved in an FBA to the non-sewers in our midst…




I learned that I should try burda despite my sewing fears because they use a C cup in drafting who knew!!

So exciting!

I am inspired anew to get back to my original purpose—woven dresses. As Cidell pointed out- that’s the beauty of sewing to begin with- that you can make these garments with a perfect fit.



(I have high hopes for this one...from joanne's pattern sale)


and that’s what sewing is all about. Now, did I buy anything to use in this capacity? No. Instead, I came home with fake fur for a capelet.




As if I don’t have enough fake fur in my life. And when is it that I think I am going to wear this caplet I am creating?



The opera? To keep warm while riding in horse-drawn carriages? I think watching too many anachronistic shows has deluded my fashion sense.


Then again, maybe Im just ahead of the curve. Boardwalk Empire might be the new Mad Men- complex plot full of characters, and impeccable style of an era much beloved for its fashion….how could it NOT effect how we sewists think about clothes? Maybe its time for us to back away from the longline bullet bras and take a second look at chiffon and fur...