Wheel Of Fortune for 2012 and Sewing Projects 2222 and 6799

SO, worked on my new wheel for this year in the last days of 2012 with a friend. We cut pictures of everything we wanted to manifest in the new year from magazines and voila!....within 2 days, two had already manifested!!! BRAVA!

Hubby chatted to a mate who's a Cabinetmaker about what he could do to re-vamp our kitchen doors and Rob immediately offered to let Pete use his workshop to do the job! SO EXCITED!!! I will finally get a quality but inexpensive makeover for our kitchen. It's presently left me with open cupboards but I don't care as I know it's a project started at least. The second 'eureka' moment was scoring a pattern at the fabric shop for a shorts style jumpsuit. I had a picture of Jennifer Hawkins in one on my wheel. Can't wait to whip that one up now!  Looks pretty simple but I have to get another project done first...





 A couple of years ago I bought some stretch cotton for this Vogue dress. Once I read the reviews on Deepika Pattern Review though, I had second thoughts. Comments gave the indication that there was 'bagging' around the waist gathers and one lady had decided to stitch the gathers flat. As I am short waisted AND have a little pot belly, I opted out of making that one. Bugger. I really now want to get stuck into using the fabric that I have already bought and stashed. Now that the fabric shop down the road has closed, its counterpart in Balcatta is far more expensive and I can't seem to jag any fabrics I like for $7-$15 per m any more. Disappointing. I don't want the hassle and expense of silk chiffon OR silk satins but there's little available other than these in prints. Also, the bengay stretch I used to get at Greenwood is not stocked at Balcatta....rats! All in all, my choice of fabrics is now limited. I rarely find any  fabrics I like at Textile Traders so I shall have to check out the much lauded fabric shop in Vic Park....though I'll have to pack a picnic lunch to get there lol.

ANYWAY, back to the pattern..........I've opted to make a few outfits in preparation for my return to work in a few weeks after a near 3yr hiatus. My body is not the same shape as it was and I absolutely refuse to pay $150 for a lined dress I could whip up in a few hours for a quarter of the price. Same with some GORGEOUS chiffon tops I saw in Forever New......again $150 as the neckline is sequinned.  I CAN DO THAT!!! Again, I have STASH of 3 chiffon fabrics!!! So, here's what I'm getting started with... I'm using my stash of mocca stretch cotton on New Look 6799, the fitted dress bottom right. I've bought white topstitching cotton to give the dress a nice trim. Think it'll look FLASH!

After this one, I'm keen to make one of those obscenely expensive chiffon tops using Simplicity 4659. I'll shorten it a couple of inches, again due to me being shortwaisted, otherwise I look cut off at the legs lol. Debating whether to make a cami top to wear underneath or line it ...just hate that look where the chiffon dulls when the lining finishes and you can see the colour of trousers or a skirt at the bottom of the shirt.....but that project and its details will have to wait lol. ONE AT A TIME!