There is a bi-annual fabric market in Karlsruhe that, for the fabric lover, is like being a kid in a candy store. This last weekend was the Holländische Stoffmarkt and I arranged to have a few (4!) hours to myself to peruse since I have an amazing husband who loves spending time with his kids (hi P!). So I perused. And I bought a bunch of lovely fabric and sewing notions (I learned a new word!) like bias tape, decorative ribbon, and waist- and armbands. Sound boring? Only if you don't like beautiful fabric! The weather was great as well. Cool enough that I didn't boil and so that I could wear a coat to hide my wallet. I met a friend of mine for coffee, saw another friend on the way to the coffee shop who told me some really exciting news, and met another friend when I was done shopping and showed her all of my amazing finds. She actually has a blog of her own yosami.co and has a bit of a following because the things she makes are really great.
I actually mainly went to the market to buy bias tape since I needed some for an apron I started a month ago and for which my self-made bias tape didn't go so well. And because the iron lives upstairs and I sew downstairs so my bias tape didn't get pressed. Whoops. And so my project has been laying there mocking me like that dress I made out of amazing fabric in August and whose pattern hangs on me like a sack. I hate being mocked by my projects. It's just wrong. So I finally got some bias tape and got back to work!
And this project is actually only a trial apron before I cut into the amazing waxed cotton that I bought in the US and with which I will eventually (this week?!) make my sister an apron as a congratulatory present/ birthday present because it's almost November and I like to multi-task presents like that.
So the apron went well. I sewed on the bias tape. Went to connect the wings to the bib. Noticed that I had two lonely pieces of fabric remaining. Crap. Where did the pieces of fabric go. I had a sinking suspicion that they went on the ends of those wings that I was about to attach. Back to the directions. Yes, they should be attached to those wings. Whoops. I did some creative attaching of the lonely pieces and finished off my apron. It turned out well and I am very happy that I did a trial apron since my waxed cotton is too beautiful for such a mishap.
And then I was on a roll so I made 3/4 of a pair of Pumphosen. Wide cute baby pants with elastic belly and ankle bands. They're for a friend's baby but I think I'll make more in the future for other babies.
This is a definite Me-in-Progress post because it's something that I wanted to do to see if I could. Can I sew? Yes, I can sew quilts and dresses. Could I sew an apron or a pair of baby pants that I wouldn't be ashamed to gift to someone? Not until yesterday!
When I have time I'll update this post and post some pictures of my projects. Since I can show them with pride and all. :)
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