What the #$%^&% How did it get to be April 17?

What the #$#%%$ February 1st was the last time I posted and I promised myself that I was going to do better.  What got in the way?  Am I really meant to be a blogger? Or am I an observer? Can I be both? 

So here is what I have done...absolutely nothing.  I cant believe it.  sometime in February I was overwhelmed with winter, life and my new job and I think I just shut down.   I did pictures of my sewing room to post but never did.  Got half way through my Craftsy Tailored Shirt class and didn't finish.  I came on line here again and saw that my favorite bloggers had looked in on me and was going to delete my account:) Better that then having them thinking I was a loser, which I am sure they would NOT.   So now I am inspired again.  How many times can I keep doing this...as many as it takes. 

Here is where I work.  It is a great space, very inviting and lots of room.  I am still working on my shelving issues. 

Talk to you soon.  Headed to my IPad to start my shirt making class again. 

A little class time

First Things First

I thought I would begin my Classic Tailored Shirt this morning and I began by watching the video.  I love the calm teaching style of Linda Howard.  Craftsy has a great format, no I don't get paid to advertise for them, but love the interactive way I can learn, ask questions and makes notes during the program.  My photo leaves much to be desired but I will get better as we go along. I spent a wonderful afternoon tracing my pattern and figure out what comes next.

 I have some fabric in my stash that will work well as a muslin.  I am going the muslin route so that I can be more accurate in my fitting.  My first instinct was to get through the video as fast as I could and begin cutting and sewing along with the video.  This time I am going to go slow and be as accurate as I can.  

Tomorrow I Promise Myself

I am really going to do this but....I finished a pair of yoga pants a few days ago and they were huge!!! I took measurements etc. so needless to say I was bummed, sort of took the wind out of my sails.  And here is my other complaint, I am soooo ready for winter to be over.  It is cold here, ok not East coast cold, but cold.  I have read more books and watched more TV and hung out in my sewing room more this winter and I am sick of it.

Ok now I got that off my chest here is my plan, tomorrow I am starting the classic tailored shirt class from Craftsy and will start posting pictures of that adventure, it will probably get me out of my funk.  So see you tomorrow IPad and scissors in hand

Step One

Step one...I signed up for The Classic Tailored Shirt an online sewing class by Craftsy.   This class is taught by Pam Howard and after listening to her introduction I can wait to get started.  Ms Howard said that this class is for intermediate sewers; maybe a  bit above my skill level but I think if I go slow I will be able to do a good job.  I already have the fabric and tomorrow I pick up the rest of the materials.  This is going to be fun. 

Third Time is a Charm

I think I can do this now!!! I have tried to blog for several years now but there was too much going on in my life that required my attention and I did not have the energy to do anything else.  Well here I am a few years later, 3 to be exact, and I feel good.  I found a job that suits me and allows me the freedom I require.  I have created a space in my house where I can sew and create and be comfortable.  I also think I may have overcome my sewing paralysis, thanks to some great advice that I took.  That is the thing about great advice, you have to take it for it to mean anything.

But the really truly main reason I want to start up again is so that I can join the sew-a-long hosted by Victoria of Ten Thousand Hours of Sewing fame, entitled Fearless February.  All of the participants have some sort of web page or blog and I want to join and post my link there.  Now here is the humbling part, this is the only post on my blog.  So I had better get busy and start sewing and blogging so that I don't embarrass myself. 

Ok here I go....