... gladly being influenced again

so here's my shopping from a little side trip yesterday

(a pleasure to do all on my own) 

over to Rathdowne Fabrics & Remnants ...

i'd been busting to get there after watching our 

2nd Aussie series of  Project Runway ...

Yay Dylan ...
do you know they have a rewards card .... i'm impressed!
the lady who served me was ultra friendly & really helpful ...

should i have told them that their market advertising worked on me?

 i had been to their previous store location when we were sewing up a storm with all the school mums making costumes but it wasn't personal shopping so i'm not really counting that!

... when i say i was busting to get there i was but
i hadn't quite processed the thought of sewing clothes again ... 

i used to sew myself clothes all the time back 

when i was at uni & early teaching days 

... then somewhere in the mix of life it became 

mostly more economical to just purchase & simply just easier ...

... i have however been a huge fan of up-cycled clothing ... 

that all came about because i'd inevitably wear something new to the art studio 

& there'd be little innocent gluey-painted-sticky fingers 

that would tap me on the arm to ask something ...

so .... found some great denim to sew myself a wrap skirt 

with some kind of patch worked panel 

... not the same as Karen's "Sew What Skirts"

but along those lines ...

stay tuned for that one

& a remnant for a pair of Sandbox pants for Oscar in a light chocolate cotton

& a bargain from a wool previous used by SABA in a great charcoal stripe

... question is i've got nearly 2m is it too good to use on pants for my little boy 

.... i think it may become another wrap skirt if i

can squeeze it into the pattern ... maybe a little shorter??

oh so excited ... 

don't worry i'm not stepping away from sewing the bright kids stuff & my quilts ...

... top to bottom:
zesty green/yellow linen ... for something but couldn't resist the colour
printed linen that will co-ord with above linen
charcoal/blue with texture denim for a wrap skirt for me
r&w stripe and o&w spots for market sewing - both remnants
chocolate fabric mentioned above for pants for Oscar
and the SABA fabric again intended for pants for Oscar but we shall see ...
... before i get into these i have some 'must sew' tiny little preemie baby pin-a-fores to make for a friend ... stay tuned as i now have the bamboo fabric in hand to use to line these ...