You don't have to sew it to de-stash it

Ok so I know the plan for this weekend was to spend more time sewing through my stash, but I decided instead to take some time to dig it all out (yes, this took up most of the surfaces in my workroom to do!) and have a good look at it and work out what I wanted to keep and what had been added at some point in the past but no longer fits with what I wear at the moment / projects I'm likely to be doing.

In the end I decided to get rid of 10 lengths of fabric. You'd think this would make a big dent in my stash but the drawers are still groaning under the weight of their contents! The fabric is up for sale on my eBay shop and there are some absolute bargains to be had, including 4m of lightweight cotton, 2m striped crepe and 1m of loose-weave fuschia fabric which is perfect for a bright spring skirt! 

A little teaser...

Not a finished project this time, just some teaser pics of the next commission that I'll be working on. I'm not going to tell you too much about it other than to say that it's a dress and a cape, from these fabrics....

Gold/Black sequined fabric:

Gold Tissue Lame:

(a much closer colour match in real life, but they photograph differently for some reason!)

The calico toile for the dress is and tried on, and I just know they're going to look amazing once they're done!!

Very nearly three!

I think I did fairly well on the stash-sewing this weekend. My third item was a top made from some fun fleece I bought a while back. It's not quite finished, as I haven't yet decided what fastening I'm going to put on it (invisible popper, button or just close with a brooch...it's sitting on the dressmaker's dummy while I decide!). The sleeves on this top/jacket are quite fun - they flare out from the elbow and come to a point over the hand.

Total stash-busting tally for the weekend - 3 different metre lengths of fabric that have been sat around for a while.

I've got some exciting commissions in to be working on this week, and then I'm looking forward to working through more stash-fabric next weekend!