Yes it’s been a few days since I’ve written a post and I had a bunch of stuff I said I was going to do but life got in the way and little progress has happened. And my focus has laid elsewear since my last post. I did end up meeting with Paula to discuss the home buying process and I did start looking at the shorts pattern. I also found videos on YouTube about Adobe After Effects and can I just tell you I’m very excited about the things you can do with it. I’ve also been looking at a few other things and been doing too much shopping to allow myself the time I needed for my planned blog posts.

Men’s Shorts Project

For the men’s shorts project I got a little overwhelmed by the size of the pattern I have and the style of shorts I want to make. That lead me to drawing my own pattern but I didn’t have something laying around that I liked enough to try and copy or adapt. So I got frustrated with having no inspiration and gave up on the project. I did pull out the book I have for drafting Menswear patters and was going to start drafting a pants sloper but stopped half way through. Sometimes you’re just not feeling a project and you have to put it aside for a while until you’re ready to work on it. I will come back to this project because it’s just about summer time and I will be needing a few pair of shorts. I did find a pair of golf shorts at Khols that I like and want to use as an inspiration for this project. So at least now I have a starting point for the project.

Home Buying Meeting with Paula

So Friday night I went and met with Paula to discuss the process for buying property. We had some really good discussions and I found out a lot of fun things. The next thing I need to do is contact the mortgage broker to find out what I would be approved for. And from there I can start making all the decisions. I will make a full post about my discussions with Paula and some of my thoughts on the decisions on what type of property and where I want to buy.

A Trip out With the Girls

Sunday I went down to Mass to visit Jess. Hannah and I drove down together. I had a wonderful time but I spent way too much money. We ended up going shopping because Jess doesn’t know what else there is to do in her area. I found a starting to my fathers day gift, bought curtains, two pairs of slacks, shorts, a giant mirror and a salt lamp. I’m really excited about the mirror I got because it’s huge and it was only $35! I was looking at the price of mirrors in January and I wasn’t finding anything that I like and everything was around or over $100 so I gave up on that idea. When I saw this mirror I said I don’t care what this does to my budget I’m buying it. Now I just need to get some screws and a drill to hang this thing up. This also got me thinking about what other artwork I can put on my walls because I’m a little bored with how my living room looks at the moment. It’s definitely a random collection of old photos and needs some updating.

Upcoming Projects

For my upcoming projects I still haven’t decided what I’d like to focus on. This is a long weekend so I will have plenty of time to work on something. I know I want to start playing around in Adobe After Effects because it’s just so cool. Maybe along with that I can make a YouTube video of a sewing project I decide to make. I also need to some organizing around here before I can really get going with the YouTube video thing. But it’s something that I’m going to do. Maybe I’ll start by making the pants sloper and then making a pair of simple shorts from them. But this is just an idea. Something will strike me this weekend and I’ll work on it.