Bay Area Sewists

This morning I headed over to the East Bay for a pattern swap and chat about Indie Patterns with the Bay Area Sewists (very fitting with Sewing Indie Month, don’t you think?!).  I brought nineteen patterns, and three came home with me – now I just need to remember to not immediately go out and purchase sixteen new ones!  Must resist the lure of new patterns . . .

The past week has been tough, to say the least.  I have been feeling like a big open wound with three hits of bad news that came one on top of the next; one I might have been able to handle, one was somewhat expected, but three was just too much.

To be honest, I was not sure if I was actually going to go, right up until the time I walked out the door.  I decided there was no way showing up was going to make me feel any worse, and would probably do me some good.  Turns out, today’s meetup was the first time in days that a smile did not feel forced and make me want to burst into tears - and that is a huge improvement.

After the meetup, a bunch of us headed to Stonemountain & Daughter.  I managed to resist all of the lovely fabric and patterns, but I did pick up a few essentials, namely, hair canvas and horsehair braid.

And I must not have looked too down in the dumps when I left because several strangers approached me to say how much they loved my dress - this is rather surprising because I believe I often have "b*tchy resting face," aka "shy girl in public place face."  But I do not feel the need to be shy around sewing people, which must have affected my face on the walk back to my car from Stonemountain.

Definitely glad I went.  It was great catching up with Beth, Loran, and Meg and meeting some new folks as well!  And I have to say that quite a bit of sewing was accomplished when I returned home – thank you, ladies, for cheering me up.  I feel so very lucky to be a part of this fabulous sewing community!