November in Review...

Sewing:

L to R:  Cotton tweed jumper (Lida Baday design), out-of-print (OOP) McCall's 8943; wool crepe dress (Lynn Mizono design), Vogue 1410; refashioned scuba knit skirt, OOP Vogue 8939; yellow cotton knit bathrobe, OOP Simplicity 7417; cotton microwave bowl holders, no pattern used.

The only item on my want-to-make list for November that I didn't get around to sewing were knickers. It's on the back-burner now that I need a new winter coat since I'm too cheap to spring for someone to replace the zipper.

RTW Fast

I will admit that I've found myself at the mall over the month and I have to say that it is getting a lot easier to turn my nose up at RTW especially when looking closely at the labels. With the exception of the scuba knit skirt, all the items I made this month were made in better quality fabrics that I can find in the retail landscape. Sad, but true. There's a whole lot of man-made mystery fabrics out there. 

Stats: 

Supplies	Quantity Used from the stash this Month	Quantity Used this Year	Added to the Stash this year
Basting Tape	0	1.88 metres	0
Bias Tape	0	7.41 metres	2
Buttons	0	26	7
Chain	0	0	0
Cord Stopper	0	2	1
Elastic	1 metre	11.0 metres	5 metre
Fabric	12.7 metres	88.15 metres	95.7 metres
Fusible Tape	1.5 metres	22.10 metres	0
Hand needles	0	0	0
Hook and Eyes	0	0	0
Interfacing	2.7 metres	5.7 metres	10 metres
Lace trim	0	0	0
Pattern (new)	0	13	30
Pattern (previously used)	4	31	0
Ribbon	4.5 metres	6.0 metres	2 metres
Serger needles	1	5	0
Serger thread	3	5	10
Sewing machine needles	0	13	4
Snaps	0	0	0
Thread	3	13	29
Trim	0	1.8 metres	1.8 metres
Velcro	0	0	0
Zipper	0	4	8

Happy Sewing!