Mystery patterns

These patterns are in the printed catalog for McCall's, and at the store (Hancock's is having a sale!) but not on the McCall's web site and not in the PatternReview.com database.  Weird.  Anyway, I picked these up yesterday.

Butterick 5238

I made this on Christmas day, after we came home from dinner with Jeff's family.  I had cut it out the night before, and it went together in a couple of hours.  I love this fabric--I stalked it on eBay for several weeks before buying it.  It's not my usual color choice but I'm glad now that I decided to try something new.

Butterick 5100

More of the burnout velvet.  I love this fabric!  I think I have enough left to make a top for the little girl.

Another bateau neck top

I love it!

Burda World of Fashion, the ubiquitous 2-2009-108

This is a Burda World of Fashion top, the famous bateau from February of 2009.  I had all kinds of issues with the neckline on this one, tried all sorts of fixes but things didn't click for me until I made some other tops using staystitching to stabilize the neckline.  This time I tried it, it worked.  Yay!  I'll be making tons more of these t-shirts, I'm sure!

Two new tops

McCall's 3880, the coverup I wore to the office Xmas party.

Simplicity 3634.  I have a couple of these now.

My new sewing room.

My sewing stuff has been staged at various places around the house: the office, the laundry room, the hall closet, the dining room.  In a fit of pique, today I spent several hours migrating things to Simon's old "home office" and made myself a proper sewing room.

Here's most of my fabric stash.  Did I mention that I have more than 200 yards?  I do.

Patterns, notions, more fabric stash.  Somewhat rickety and dingy ironing board.

My sewing machines, from left to right: Joan, Bob, Heather and the as-yet unnamed White serger.

Another glamor shot of the girls.  Also, a bit more stash on the right on the bookcase, along with a few UFOs and incongruously, a set of World Book encyclopedias.

Gratuitous cute baby photo.  Charlotte got her ears pierced last week, and is rocking the gold studs.