December began without much hope of sewing. As I keep saying, I've had trouble carving out that time for myself. I think that part of it, to be honest, was feeling a bit blah on living in this huge, crowded, polluted city. The weather was particularly awful in November and the first half of December - overcast and smoggy with very little sun.
I attempted to jumpstart my sew-jo with a tiny project. We had a Girl Scout campout in mid-December, and bandanas were on the packing list. I used to have a drawer full of bandanas, but it turns out that only one survived my ruthless pre-move purge - I forgot about the fact that maybe my kids would need bandanas at some point too. Hoping that it would jumpstart my sew-jo, I decided to make a couple the day before the campout.
The bandanas were never actually worn, but I didn't really care. The campout was fabulous. It was in Nimaima, which is two hours away from Bogota. Nimaima is 4000 feet lower in elevation than Bogota, which brought with it a delicious warming to about 85F (it's usually about 60F in Bogota during the day). The site was more a glampsite than a campsite - complete with a pool which we took full advantage of. And the drive there, descending through the Andean clouds, was absolutely breathtaking. It was exactly the antidote I needed to the crowded, smoggy city.
So maybe it was the bandanas, or maybe it was the break from Bogota, but I was able to get a good amount of sewing done in the two weeks after we returned from the trip. Details below.
An altar boy sticharion for my son, so that he could finally serve in the altar of our new church - 2 yards used.
Runners for my dining room and coffee table. I used a checked cotton shirting that I bought two years ago in the hopes of making myself another shirt (it's a different colorway of the fabric I used to make my third Bonn shirt). It's not the best fabric for runners as it's very lightweight; I should really go back and line it. But it was the only black-and-white checked fabric I had in the stash, and I was set on black-and-white checked table runners. - 3 yards used.
Lastly, I sewed up a make-it-up-as-I-go dolman tunic in the glittery eggshell fabric I bought in November. I was hoping to wear it to a New Year's Eve party but, sadly, it turned out just a bit too tight. - 2.3 yards used. (Note: However, I've been on the Keto diet for a week now, and I tried it on today and now it fits! Which is why there's a photo. Guess I'll finish the sleeves after all.)
I completed the tunic on Dec. 31, but didn't add it to my year-in-review post. So my yearly fabric use stats are a little off on that post.
Runners for my dining room and coffee table. I used a checked cotton shirting that I bought two years ago in the hopes of making myself another shirt (it's a different colorway of the fabric I used to make my third Bonn shirt). It's not the best fabric for runners as it's very lightweight; I should really go back and line it. But it was the only black-and-white checked fabric I had in the stash, and I was set on black-and-white checked table runners. - 3 yards used.
Lastly, I sewed up a make-it-up-as-I-go dolman tunic in the glittery eggshell fabric I bought in November. I was hoping to wear it to a New Year's Eve party but, sadly, it turned out just a bit too tight. - 2.3 yards used. (Note: However, I've been on the Keto diet for a week now, and I tried it on today and now it fits! Which is why there's a photo. Guess I'll finish the sleeves after all.)
I completed the tunic on Dec. 31, but didn't add it to my year-in-review post. So my yearly fabric use stats are a little off on that post.
FABRIC IN/OUT:
Fabric In: I didn't buy any fabric this month.
Fabric Out: 8.13 yards.
YTD Fabric In: 107.78 yards
YTD Fabric Out: 93.97 yards
UPDATED 2018 TOTAL STASH CHANGE: +13.81 yards
Thanks for reading, and see you next time!
UPDATED 2018 TOTAL STASH CHANGE: +13.81 yards
Thanks for reading, and see you next time!
I really like your tunic! The fabric is lovely.
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