It’s All in the Details…Exploration 9
Found this new company online called Soft Surroundings that I'm loving their clothing. Here's an example of a jacket. Amazing amount of details but they all fit and flow well together in the jacket.
Loving
- the female fit - yes we do have shapes
- princess line - allows for closer body fitting
- Not so much the military derivation
Josephine Jacket: Soft Surroundings descriptionExquisitely constructed jacket detailed to perfection with interesting plays on:
Strategic seaming in front and back assures a fabulously flattering fit. Polished and contemporary look |
Pantone Color for Fall 2011/Spring 2012
Fall Pantone Report
Sensible and Spirited
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E0C345 Bamboo |
F46F5E Emberglow |
E8668A Honeysuckle |
6D2C70 Phlox |
999D6A Cedar |
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004952 Deep teal |
6E5745 Coffee liqueur |
C8AF91 Nougat |
D6D5E5 Orchid hush |
91AEB6 Quarry |
Spring Pantone Report
Dance into Spring
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F0512A Tangerine Tango |
F5BD42 Solar Power |
966EAA Bellflower |
E2327D Cabaret |
0B326B Sodalite Blue |
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F1C7DD Sweet Life |
B7CC94 Margarita |
827773 Driftwood |
B09977 Starfish |
7BCBC0 Cockatoo |
Okay had to look up Sodalite
a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate, Na 4 Al 3 Si 3 O 1 2 Cl, occurring massive and in crystals, usually blue in color and found in certain alkali-rich igneous rocks.
Goals 2011: Chanel Jacket
Okay this was a failure for 2010. Try try again.
- Chanel Jacket— cut out the Vogue Pattern 7975. DONE yesterday.
Still need to fit and do a muslin. Won't happen this weekend as we are traveling to NY.
Next week.
Reading from Jim Rohn
Interesting thoughts especially with the new year arriving soon
Speaks of the need to daily take those actions which will move you toward your long term objectives- especially learning to deal with short term pain that will result in some future benefit.
Talks about deciding between "the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.
Messed up blog, Fixed Blog
Finally got around to recovering this blog. Messed it up a while ago and haven't had a chance to fix. Now back up and running.
Came across this
I've read this before and love it.
O Great Spirit, Hear Us
O Great Spirit, whose voice we hear in the winds
and whose breath gives life
to all the world,
hear us.
We are small and weak.
We come to you to find strength and wisdom.
Let us walk in beauty
and make our eyes
ever behold the sunset.
Make our hands respect
the things you have made
and our ears sharp
to hear your voice.
Make us wise
so that we may understand
the things you have taught our relatives.
Let us learn the lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock.
We seek strength,
not to be greater than our brothers and sisters,
but to fight our greatest enemy-ourselves.
Make us always ready to come to you
with clean hands and straight eyes.
So when life fades, as the fading sunset our spirit may come to you
without shame.
25th Anniversary
"Do you remember the 21st night of September?
Love was changing the minds of pretenders
While chasing the clouds away
Our hearts were ringing
In the key that our souls were singing.
As we danced in the night,
Remember how the stars stole the night away."
- September, Lyrics by Maurice White, Charles Stemney and Verdine White
To my husband who has been my love, my rock, my encourager for 25 years. Twenty five more... (at least)
It’s Fall
Apple picking fun today— a perennial rite of Autumn here in New England. Of course, had to have the required cider donuts. Kids are growing too fast but they still were into it.
The leaves are starting to change here and there gently reminding us of the wrapping up of the summer season. Love the weather this time of year as the days start cool and warm to the sun then fade back to the cool of the night. Great outdoor weather to do activities. Enjoy.
‘By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer's best of weather
And autumn's best of cheer.’
Helen Hunt Jackson
Now, back to fall sewing...
Fusible interfacing— love, hate. Applied it to the bodice. Now, I'm re–marking the roll line and other markings by thread tracking. Figured out that I sew like I run. Plodding. One step at a time. I'm not fast but I keep going.
Community Sewing Group
Finally found a group of people who love to sew. Called Great Garments. We meet every month. Glad to have people to bounce things off of especially fitting issues.
Link to Great Garments Guild Meetup Group
Link to Great Garments Guild website
The group meets at Unique Boutique at 99 Chelmsford Road in Billerica, MA