 Happy February everybody. I have on my brand new you guys haven't really seen it yet It's like a little bit of sneak peek reddish dress in honor of the month of love Valentine's Day is this February one of our lovely Hallmark holidays But you know what it's nice to spend some time thinking about the people that you love I have a ton of plans this month mostly because January was kind of like a month where I spent a lot of time like organizing Setting myself up for having a very productive and successful February But before I get into what I'm gonna be making this month if you are new here welcome Thank you so much for clicking on this video comment below introduce yourself join the fam and New or not, please subscribe if you're not already you might think you're subscribed when you're really not and like this video It really helps YouTube understand Who likes to see this video and helps new people find it. It really helps me out a lot cost you nothing. Thank you All right, so what I'm going to be sewing so every month this year. I'm going to Give myself five things five projects as a goal Mostly because that aligns really well with my sewing planner that I designed Each month has five project Planner sets in it So I thought that that would be a great way for me to kind of keep track As you know in January, I only made two things. So there's a little bit of like Carryover from that in addition to some new things. I think that Most everything is cut out a lot of things are in various stages of sewing So I feel like I'm really going to be able to be successful with that this month All right, so in no particular order at all just sort of how I have things laid out here. We're starting off with this little pajama pattern, I Don't know why but in February. I have always inspired to make pajamas This is like the big four version of the Carolyn pajamas But maybe even a little bit simpler It's the stitch and say pattern from McCall's M 6 7 7 5 This is one of those oldie but goody ones that I found in the drawer of my Joanne if you you know poke around Don't look at the books But if you just like go into the drawer, you might be able to find some older patterns I have a couple of those this month that I'm working on this one was printed or I guess released in 2013, but I mean it's classic, right and then I'm using this really cute This really cute cotton fabric that I got from Goodwill. This is a bed sheet And I'm giggling because as I was planning this project as I'm cutting out The project. I mean I have the whole thing cut out shorts and a little top I'm thinking oh, this is gonna be so cute and wintery and then like one day I just kind of like glanced over and this remnant fabric caught my eye and I was like, you know what? That looks a lot like a hospital gown So, I mean doesn't it don't you know the ones I'm talking about to like when you when you're in the hospital, you know so I Might be regretting this choice, but it'll be a great wearable muslin and Maybe I'll get extra pampering from Dan if he sees me and subconsciously thinks that I am in distress and sick and not feeling Well, maybe he'll just be you know extra extra sweet when I have my hospital pajamas on. I don't know If any of you are nurses or doctors or anything like that in the medical field It does right? You don't have to lie to me. It's fine. I'm aware. I'm aware and you know what? I'm just gonna lean into it. I'm just gonna own up to it. It's fine. It's fine There's no they're wrong with hospital pajamas. They bring people lots of comfort and they will do the same for me Okay, next up is the Ramona Shacket this is an indie pattern from petite stitchery So the reason why I came into this Pattern and this make is because this pattern was sent as part of the indie stitch box in November The fabric that she sent with This project so the indie stitch box if you're not familiar is Like literally a box with a project everything you need for it down to the thread a wound bobbin Needles notions fabric and a pattern literally everything you need to make whatever that pattern is The fabric that she chose for the pattern though was a little bit Too lightweight for the kind of shacket that I had in my mind I was thinking much more of the jacket side of shacket than the shirt and the fabric she sent is a little bit lightweight So it's leaning more towards the shirt side instead of the jacket side, but I had found this amazing I think cotton flannel another sheet at Goodwill with this cute little box plaid Right in this like neutral color So you could really just like truly throw this on over Just about anything and have that like really cool casual layered look Um, I have a lot of thoughts about this pattern and the pattern company already that I am excited to share with you guys Yeah, just a lot of thoughts coming to mind as I was even just cutting out the fabric But I have all of this cut out as you can tell it's just a scrap fabric And I just need to get sewing which I think would be pretty simple I mean it does have all the details of like a button-down shirt You know it's got the collar and the collar stand and all of the facing pieces and lining pieces and interfacing and coughs It's got it all so it is going to be a little bit more of a time-consuming sewing project But that fabric is like super easy to work with so I hope that like It isn't as fiddly as it could be if I were using something a little bit more lightweight and drapey Okay, next up I have a fun little set That I'm working on I'm sort of so obsessed with sets right now whether it's Loungewear sets whether it's you know like a faux romper jumpsuit kind of thing Just really loving the idea of making two items that you can wear together They look like one or you can separate them and that's sort of where my mind was with this So these are two patterns that I also got. I'm pretty sure this one too Yeah from when I was just like going through the drawers at Joanne. I do that like I Don't know once a year. Maybe if you've never done it Do it during a sale Grab like you start at the top drawer and you're gonna find lots of oldy what goody patterns in there And then the next company that goes on sale do the same thing And then you have this great collection of patterns that are gonna stand the test of time style-wise because if they are still nice 10 years later, they're probably gonna be nice 15 years later 20 years later. So that's my little tip for the day Okay, vests are a thing like the 90s Rachel Green is like having a serious moment I was even watching this movie with Dak Shepherd's wife Kristen Bell and she was like this marketing or PR executive and she had the cutest little like best over white button down With like scrubs or pants or something and I was like I've got to make the best like right away So I have the best I am using McCall 6228 Do not judge that guy's hair Do not judge the pattern by that guy's hair. It's cray. I understand this pattern was released in 2010 and It looks very Susie homemaker. I get it. I I I understand I'm hoping though if I don't do like the little print mixing and I shortened it a little bit That I can make it a little bit more modern I also took you can barely see the line drawings on the back But I also took that shoulder in a bunch and made it a little bit more like a racer back I just feel like that's a little bit more feminine when the shoulder comes up a little bit So I'm excited about that Then I also out of the same fabric. I'm going to show you in a second may or cut out vogue nine two zero nine Look at this cutie. I chose this because She's a little bit adjustable because it's a wrap And you have buttons and then it kind of wraps over and you attach the buttons I can in theory Adjust that depending depending on where the buttons are so I can put one set of buttons in one place Another set of buttons in another place and then depending on what my weight is doing how I'm feeling How much I ate or whatever it is I can let it out and back in again That was the idea behind it. Um So we'll see practically kind of how that works out But I do think it's really cute super flattering how the buttons kind of go up at an angle Is going to accentuate my hips, but it's also going to accentuate how narrow my waist is So I'm hoping that that just kind of provides like a super flattering vibe. I'm also considering using Fabric covered buttons, which would diminish that a little bit. You wouldn't notice them as much Um, but also maybe I'll go get some of those like gold buttons and really kind of lean into like the nautical vibe of this But the fabric Is this like confetti wool? I got this from goodwill. It is fabric yardage there must be like some alteration shop or custom menswear Situation near that goodwill because every once in a while they will have like menswear or like suiting Um fabrics in there and this is one of the ones that I found so it has all these little speckly bits in it And I'm just you got to kind of envision it. I know it's a lot But like you got to kind of imagine, you know, these two being worn together um We'll see it's it's one of those things. It's really kind of like pushing my creativity Which makes me feel like excited about it. If you can't tell I'm like very talking about it. Um, but We'll see because who knows maybe I Put them on together and I'm like, what the heck was I thinking? But either way, I'll have a cute little vest that I know I'm going to love wearing over Like a myriad of things that's I mean they're everywhere People are wearing them like interchangeably with all kinds of casual dress up dress down all of it Um, and then the skirt I'll have like a really kind of like I've done a pencil skirt in a minute. So That'll be fun. All right next up. I went to the vogue Pattern sale this past weekend. Um, I've grabbed a few patterns I'm going to be doing a pattern haul from the mccalls patterns. I got no not mccalls Simplicity patterns I got the week before that the vogue patterns I got this past week and the indy patterns that I bought in january I kind of did a little bit of pattern shopping Um, so I'm going to be doing like a whole haul video, but sneak peek I did get vogue 8166 If you remember when I did the pattern the first impression pattern review video on this This was one of those things where I was like I don't love making coats because they can get really overly complicated But this one is really cute with the flared sleeve simple straightforward collar not very difficult to work with Um or difficult to sew and it has a lot of style to it And I love kind of how it's like flared has the flared sleeve Fitted through here, but everything else because it's just going to go over all the things like whether it's a bulky pair of Jeans or slacks or whatever it is. It'll go over it all the fabric that I'm using I actually had this put aside for a mini g jacket But it just it was never happening So I said, you know what I want to use this fabric for something else. This is from mood It is called and believe it or not. I still had that little sticker on it italian tricolor plaid wool blue and orange There's an item number here. I don't know if it's still available. I'll look it up if it is still available I'll link it in the description box. I doubt it is Because I got this so long ago, but you can see Kind of the situation here. It is this kind of plaid With this like dominant white stripe It also has like a burgundy stripe And then this way it's like black or blue and orange So it's fallish winterish and look how cute it looks, you know It just kind of calls out this little maroon color that I'm wearing already So it's definitely something that I would throw on over casual outfits dress-up outfits Um, I'm excited about it. I'm not going to be doing like trimming or anything like that Um, I do need to go get the right size covered buttons because I want to do this look especially with the plaid I think that would be so cool Um, lining I probably already have so like I'm well on my way Um for using this and kind of having it in my stash or having it being made out of stuff in my stash If I have time Um bonus points for me if I'm able to sew through some of my works in progress Um, if I do that, I uh will be documenting it on tiktok You might have seen some of those videos here as those projects make their way into my make it monday pattern review videos Um, but if you're on tiktok, be sure to follow me because that's where it's all happening Like in real time and all of that kind of stuff So works in progress and then I really really really also want to try and sew something for the puppies every month Um, I just need to like figure out the patterns get you know now that they are like their Size that they're most likely going to stay. Um, I just need to get Some tried and true patterns together and I should be able to whip them up really quickly I mean dog clothes are not complicated at all And if you want to see what I made in january if you happen to miss that video I have linked it in the insulate here for you So just click that video in the bottom right corner of your screen. It'll take you right there But that's gonna do it for me today y'all. Thank you so much for watching Be thinking about me while I'm working on these projects and I will see you all very soon. Bye