Hi, I'm LuceLu, a new member. I love retro patterns/styles and find myself drawn to fashion that has vintage styling to them. I have decided to make this pattern:
http://www.simplicity.com/assets/4047/4047.jpg
For the October challenge I will be making the blouse in (gasp!) a white linen blend. I have only a few days left of October to put it all together so I will repost next week (when I have some time off). I plan to also make the jacket and skirt but will reserve those for other challenges.
Currently I am in mid project of a knit top (just finished fitting with a muslin) so I will try to complete that one as well. It does have some "retro" elements.
A little about myself: I am a nurse and work with mainly oncology patients but trends in hospital mismanagement are causing me to despecialize quite a bit so I am getting more exposure to a plethora of illnesses but my love and my heart is in taking care of cancer patients and helping them negotiate the complex treatment and sequelae of their disease. It seems like everyone knows someone with cancer and it seems to truly strike indiscriminately. I have a 13 year old son who is adorable and a husband who is a sweetie but often has to travel away from home to work. I work night shifts which can make me too tired to sew (without a lot of mistakes) or up all night sewing as I am wide awake after 10pm. We have two cats, Mardi and Gossie.
I used to sew garments, quite a bit when my son was little. I made tshirts, shorts, scrubs and loungewear, dresses, skirts etc.--also a bunch of home dec stuff (slipcovers, curtains, pillows, window quilt insulators). Since then, my body has changed quite a bit and I am having to refit etc. I did some quilting and what I like to call "messing around" with fabric which basically is playing without any plan in my head. I have a few UFO's that I'd still like to finish but would like to refocus on clothing. I have demoted myself back to a rank beginner.
I also love to collect vintage sewing machines. I will post some pictures once I figure out what I did with my battery charger for my camera.
Ciao for niao!