Busy August

Hello, Reader-Friends!  It’s September and August has flown by….without any posting on here!  Or really any sewing, for that matter.  August was full of life-changing stuff and work, plus just a general end-of-summer, don’t-want-to-do-anything kind of attitude.  Sometimes I just want to sit on the couch and chill after a long day with my knitting!

In addition to landing a new job (exciting!!), I’ve been hitting the gym regularly and have found that to be a great way to stay energized during my day, plus it’s a great stress-release after frantic days at work.  However, it doesn’t leave a whole lot of time for sewing when I get home in the afternoon.  But don’t you worry, I’ve been finding some time to play with this:

During tax-free weekend at the beginning of August, I BOUGHT A FREAKING SERGER!!!!  I have waited 10 years to finally have one to call my own, and it was so worth the wait.  I am now the proud owner of a Babylock Eclipse DX and love everything about it – especially the air-threading!!  I never thought I’d be able to afford a Babylock, but since this one was a floor model and is an older machine, I got a fantastic deal on it PLUS the store owner gave me a free wheely case.  That afternoon, I churned out two tshirts from my new serger:

There’s definitely a learning curve to sewing complete garments on a serger but I’m loving it so hard.  Now that I have one, I don’t want to buy clothes ever again! I can make ALL the clothes now in my little sewing studio.

I have some time off between my jobs, so I visited Ogunquit, ME last week with my boyfriend and his family.  This is my third summer vacation to Ogunquit and I just love it there…it’s my happy place!

So now that I’m back from the beach and winding down my days before I start my new job, I’m furiously attacking my fall sewing list.  This is just a fraction of what is currently on my list:

I think I’ll construct about three of the garments on that list this week – I’m almost done with my Archer, I just started the Victoria blazer this afternoon, and after I decipher my Clover muslin from earlier this year, those should be fast to sew.