tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23257498176849108892024-03-18T23:03:28.288-04:00In A Nutshell, Anachronismpretty crafty things in a modern world, and then some.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.comBlogger290125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-55633144281604446632017-05-22T21:00:00.000-04:002017-05-22T21:00:19.629-04:00State of the StashSo, some things are happening in the Anachronism household.
And that means boxing up EVERYTHING because shiny new jobs and big opportunities are on the horizon. Our new house will mean a bit of a different sewing room/studio configuration, and that's something to get excited about, but it's also something I have to be more intentional about.
My sewing space will be taking over half Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-22747123521423465972017-01-06T05:00:00.000-05:002017-01-06T05:00:10.518-05:00UFOs... A Complete ListSo flipping through Instagram I've seen several things about finishing UFOs, and even a challenge to make it happen. Then over on the Stashbusting Sewalong folks started LISTING all of their UFOs, and making goals about finishing them??!
What is this madness- no more half-done projects lying about and sucking all of our creative juices?
Well, actually, that sounds pretty good...
I'llAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-34816276838023390012017-01-03T11:15:00.000-05:002017-01-03T11:15:15.251-05:00The StudioI love the word studio... It is more inspiring to me than "sewing room" and generally makes my heart pretty ding-dang happy.
Our house is a parsonage, which means it has to be big enough to house a family of 4 or 5, but there are only 2 of us, and we have 4 bedrooms... Which means we each took a bedroom to be used for workspace. Jon's functions as an office/library, and mine functions as aAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-73256253613766696672016-12-24T07:45:00.000-05:002017-01-03T10:49:37.213-05:00Checking in: A year of stash-bustingI made a resolution that I would finish 3 things a month. And then I did that thing I do where I disappeared for months at a time... Life took over, y'all. There's a big stack of projects that are SO CLOSE to being done, and a smaller stack that only want a photo and a little note before they can be shared. I have sewn. Some quilty things, some mendy things... A couple of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-54046359592044248332016-02-05T15:35:00.000-05:002016-02-05T15:35:36.719-05:00The Stash
Well, short of the stuff I've had since high school and just retrieved from my mom's attic, my stash is all counted up and cataloged. It's a good feeling, even if the number is a little scary at... gulp... 317 yards. Not counting Fat Quarters. Or Scraps. Or anything currently in progress. But, I am happy to say there are some goals and plans, and I am officially Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-26579546692445050632016-01-12T10:26:00.000-05:002016-01-12T10:36:50.781-05:00The Queue: RevisedLooking at that long list of projects, I realized that I have about a million things in the Work-in-progress bin, and a lot of them are likely to be declared UFOs- unfinished, never-to-be-finished objects I need to up-cycle or let go. But some of these things really are worthy things.
Part of what the Stashbusting Sew-Along, which I joined on Facebook, encourages is setting some yearly Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-91540281323909876822016-01-07T05:30:00.000-05:002016-01-07T05:30:10.286-05:00The Queue: Friends, I have made the choice to start a new leaf.
It's a new year, which is giving me motivation to re-write the sewing queue I have kept for years... But I think I am going to take the old queue and place it here for posterity's sake... When's a better time than throwback Thursday??
Looking back has me thinking... And the new queue, with a post to explain, will go live on Monday.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-19171982842447684422016-01-05T14:26:00.001-05:002016-01-05T14:26:55.316-05:00New Year, New....?Well, new lots of things.
I'm trying to write and create more as disciplines, I owe y'all a tour of my new sewing room, and I REALLY want to write a project list and set some self-imposed deadlines.
My new year's resolutions?
Sew more.
Post more.
Finish 6 quilts.
Finish the fabric catalog.
Oh boy!
Plans are in the works. Hold me to them, folks!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-64328295261277804902015-09-23T14:42:00.003-04:002015-09-23T14:42:20.344-04:00Checking inHellooooooo?
Anybody there?
I think I win the prize for erratic blogger. It's been a busy couple of months- but let's be honest- when is it not? I think part of that must just be part of where we are right now- starting a marriage and 2 careers has left little time for blogging, although some sewing has happened.
I'm quilting a bit- and I start teaching a BOM(block of the month) inAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-24095203000010476842015-05-14T05:00:00.000-04:002015-05-14T05:00:03.395-04:00The Finished DressThrowback Thursday once more- one you all have been waiting for!
I can't remember where we left off... But I can tell you life happened. I really have intended to write this post for a long time, but there are big things happening in life offline that have pulled me away from the blog-o-sphere.
I was gonna give you all more of a blow-by-blow of the ending fiddly bits- and the meltdown Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-18729203687324460742015-04-01T08:54:00.000-04:002015-04-01T08:54:00.522-04:00Vintage RevivedThis is no April Fool's joke, y'all!
On a recent jaunt to Goodwill, looking to expand my professional wardrobe, I found this dress. It's handmade, y'all, with the tiniest of stitches. It fits like it was made for me, but to look at it I would place it somewhere in the 1940s. The button plackets are reminiscent of sailors, and the side closure is made with snaps instead of a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-29611547895475504182015-03-30T14:00:00.000-04:002015-03-30T14:00:06.491-04:00CatalogIt's a beautiful labor of love, and how I spent a good chunk of my week last week.
9 tabs in a spreadsheet.
176 pieces.
223 yards.
We're going to ignore the fact that I have yet to count the linings or the interfacings or the net/tuelle/crinolines or the flannels and just marvel at all the pretty fabrics now. They're lined up on a shelf where I can see them, wrapped around tiny bolts made Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-77576970352247355812015-03-19T20:36:00.000-04:002015-03-19T20:36:30.102-04:00Stitching, fitting woes and SO CLOSEThis is another post in my new(ish) Throwback Thursdays series. I've used this spot as a way to highlight the process of sewing my wedding dress over the past few weeks, although a bad cold kept me away from the computer for a couple of weeks, and a new computer means this is a post without pictures. Read on for the latest steps in the journey!
So I overcame fear of the machine, andAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-62946663838949993392015-03-18T10:41:00.000-04:002015-03-18T10:41:00.260-04:00SWAP 2015Y'all, I really like this year's rules for SWAP... Sewing With A Plan. Given my new job in a business casual environment, my desire to do something creative and use some color after acres and hours of sewing white, I think I am going to dive in. A capsule wardrobe fitting the SWAP model would go a long way toward giving me a cohesive work wardrobe, and as a young professional I need all theAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-26815831403174383592015-03-16T09:07:00.001-04:002015-03-16T09:07:40.218-04:00SpringtimeIt's over 70 degrees! Easter is in 3 weeks!
My "sewjo" as phrased on Instagram is here with a punch-packing presence and so it's off to the machine for me... I have quite a bit I would like to get through before Easter, so it's a good thing I've gotten a kick in the pants from the unlikeliest of places- a bed for our dog, Winston. He outgrew his puppy crate a while ago, and I was ASTOUNDEDAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-59475477681877587852015-02-24T15:14:00.000-05:002015-02-24T15:14:05.296-05:00HousekeepingHi all,
It's time for some housekeeping... which I realized and thought about while I was away from computers and sleeping a ton... Thanks flu.
But, now that I'm feeling better, I thought I'd drop y'all a line, and say that I'm alive, and will pass on more wedding dress updates this week. I've gotten a couple things made since then, so I am going to try to write them up as well, and in Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-42065869532138865332015-02-05T14:00:00.000-05:002015-02-05T14:00:02.787-05:00Cutting and bastingThis is installment 2 of Throwback Thursdays... I am attempting to catch up the blog with all the sewing I've done and somehow missed blogging about, and I figured the best place to start was my wedding dress. So without further ado...
Trying on the muslin over the petticoat and corselette was a really good feeling. I finally felt like I really knew what the dress would look like! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-58944667868901790462015-01-29T15:42:00.000-05:002015-01-29T15:42:00.390-05:00Wedding Dress GutsWhy yes! It IS over 2 months after the wedding. And I did, indeed, finish my wedding gown... not as on time as I would have liked, but there you have it. When we left off, we were at 17 hours and a finished muslin. Then came the guts... All of the underpinnings needed to really showcase the fabric and the lines and the awesome sauce nature of all of the work. I'll keep working Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-38676920447102780772015-01-23T16:18:00.000-05:002015-01-23T17:09:46.677-05:00#SewMyStash2015I'm gonna jump in, albeit a month late... I am committed, y'all.
I haven't sewn anything yet this year but plans are brewing and I have a whole weekend ahead of me. It's so exciting. And to think it started with Instagram! Leasa of Project Leasa posted a photo and said it was gonna be the year of sewing all the fabric she'd been saving for something special, and used the hashtag #Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-11432259589527778952014-09-29T08:50:00.001-04:002014-09-29T08:50:14.805-04:00Muslin: Round 2I think this is the most fabric I've ever used in a single go. I didn't believe it when I saw someone go through 2 bolts of muslin working on their wedding gown, but I can see how now.
I am really excited about how great this is looking and how well it is coming together. The draping was my biggest concern, because the entire dress is a Frankenpattern of sorts... Iteration 3 of the dress Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-78491346629670138852014-05-15T10:14:00.003-04:002014-05-15T10:16:46.359-04:00Muslin: round 1S Jon graduated and I house-sat and a million other things got in the way of sewing... Which, I know, I know, can't be an excuse for much longer but look!
The pretty! Straight grain lines! Bust points in the right places! A really great line in the shoulder piece I just kinda guessed on. Huzzah! But...
Yep. That's a big ole gap in center back. When it wasn't a gap before. I have Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-47543936956820477422014-04-15T10:16:00.001-04:002014-04-15T10:16:09.176-04:00Sketching and photosI'm modifying a dress I've made before. The original dress is one I made 5 years ago, based on one made in the fifties and the most finished(think guts) dress I have ever made. I tried it on and it fits! One step down. It fits pretty well, but with modifications I plan to make, I'm going to muslin the whole thing just to make sure, with absolute certainty, that I will have he best possible fit onAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-43716561381029707612014-03-28T12:11:00.001-04:002014-03-30T23:04:04.126-04:00On wedding dress stylesWhen I went to my hometown for the day yesterday to look at some wedding reception places, I decided it was important to try on wedding dresses with my mom at least once. When I found out the place that I bought my senior prom dress from(did college application stuff instead of sewing it) is selling some wedding dresses these days, I knew it was the perfect kind of full circle.We walked in and Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-87813216544798284292014-03-23T11:13:00.001-04:002014-03-23T11:13:19.382-04:00A BIG projectI am undertaking the biggest project I have to date because a man asked me a question. Jon asked me to marry him, and I said yes! And now, I am making my wedding dress. And because he promised not to peek, I get to share the journey with y'all! Getting married, I'm hoping, will make me a better chronicler of things, a better thank you note writer, and one more prepared for Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325749817684910889.post-85068826427036382892014-01-09T09:53:00.002-05:002014-01-09T09:53:45.554-05:00Sewlutions 2014
So y'all,
I updated the queue. You know, that page that I've ignored for a solid... Too long to remember?
And I have posts for you. A few of them. Especially since Christmas was pretty handmade. And involved a quilt!
So here is the list from 2013. There will(WILL!) be some going back into the depths of the queue to edit and cull as well, and hopefully some more frequent posts. We shall Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962445987863685289noreply@blogger.com1