Showers, Fools, and Sewing News

Today in Boston I got caught in some serious rain on the way home, and thought: ‘April showers bring May flowers’. Which is all well and good, of course, but not when the rain is beating down directly on your head! I came home and had to put a towel on my wet hair.

It’s the first of the month and almost three months since I began blogging! The time is right to introduce some structure to Mostly Raaw Edges. Each month, I will have a theme, personal goal, and professional goal, which I will share with you. The theme will shape my sewing for the month as well as determine which other sewing blogs and online media I share with you. The personal goal is just that, but it’s nice to say it publicly and be accountable to that statement! Lastly, the professional goal has to do with bringing my clothing line, Raaw Atalanta, from an idea to reality.

I hope you stick around for the new changes, because I think they’ll make Mostly Raaw Edges more engaging and educational for you – and what is life without new ideas and fun times?

(ha-ha-ha! Happy April Fool’s Day, courtesy of Google.)

On Deck

Remember this?

Even though it’s the middle of winter, this is the perfect time to begin thinking about warm weather wardrobes. (Ooh, alliteration!) For sewers and non-sewers alike, it takes time to pull out and review last year’s summer clothes, and decide what needs to be added to the collection for this year.

And that’s where the similarity ends, because sewers can do something non-sewers cannot: make our own clothes! Once we decide what we need and want, we can make it happen.

I am a little embarrassed to admit that I have never owned summer clothes. I’ve had t-shirts, of course, but they are the kind you get from volunteering, or the merch table at concerts, or the men’s section of your local discount clothing store. I’ve never had shorts, skirts, tanks, or anything that said ‘summer’. Or ‘spring’. Or even ‘cute’. So this year, I’ve got a lot of sewing to do.

Me, every summer ... minus the hat.

As I mentioned in a previous post, I have a frilly tank top and a simple t-shirt in the works, as well as a maxi dress. I also whipped up a pair of shorts. But what I don’t have is a vision … yet. For that, I’m going to look both to high end designers and the world around me. In a series of posts, I’ll share my finds with you, and maybe we'll both find some inspiration for our wardrobes this year!

Winter Weather

We got a little bit of snow here in New England, and it was so pretty I took a few photos to share with you all. Enjoy, and see you in a few days with a new video!