Dreams and Community

Before I went away to the rain-soaked South, Karen nominated me for a sisterhood award and I was (and am) so flattered.  I really meant to write a post thanking her.

Now, upon my return I find that Jenni has also nominated me.  Of course I hightailed it over to her blog and where I found myself trying not to drool over the stack of bills waiting to be paid while I looked at her fabulous new trenchcoat.  Do go look.

I think these awards are great, and I am extremely flattered to be nominated.  Everyone who blogs puts themselves out there everyday and of course the best award is to have your words read by someone who cares about what you are doing, and for like-minded people to share their thoughts and comments.  The sharing of blogs is another way of showing that we care about the efforts of our blogging sisters.  

I am supposed to nominate 10 more bloggers.  But I need to think about this a bit.  Many blogs I read have been nominated and I don't want to nominate the same blogs again and again.  I am also always discovering new blogs and I want them to be included.  You are all, after all, my sewing and blogging sisters.  So I will update you with the new links in the future.

Meanwhile I have been home 48 hours and have not sewed.  Partially this is my own fault as I overly optimistically cut back on my allergy meds the first night home and had to take a dose yesterday morning to compensate with the result that I was drowsy and foggy brained all day.  I was definitely not in any position to be wielding scissors or manning a sewing machine.  

On the way home however, I dreamed about sewing.  Specifically I dreamed about a coat.  Obviously I have coats on the brain even though I really want it to be spring and not coat weather.

The coat in my dreams is rather vague but I remember it as somehow being a cross between the Marfy coat I am currently working on and the jacket from Simplicity 4046 which I made a few years ago.  I know that, looking at these two patterns, it doesn't make sense to me now, but I woke up distinctly thinking of these two jackets.  Or perhaps that was just confusion and longing.

Mostly I remember the color.  The collar was a beautiful shade of deep aqua or a dull turquoise in a soft plushy wool velour or cashmere,  and it also had cuffs in the same aqua color.  The rest of the coat was two shades of gray or taupe, I think more taupe, with a seam below the bust with some kind of embellishment.  

I think the overall shape is more the Marfy in length and style, but the neckline would be more like the simplicity pattern if it were properly interfaced and constructed.  

This is a very vague description.  I can't even draw it as I keep thinking everything I draw isn't right.  But I need to remember this coat.  

Someday the fabric and the pattern and my inspiration will all come together and this coat will make its entrance into my life.