Hurry Up Season 5!

With it being sew-along season and all... did you guys know there is a Mad Men Sew-Along going on right now too? I only just found out the other day and am kind of sorry I missed it since I'm kind of Mad Men obsessed. I also came across that show purely by accident. I really love old movies, and will just watch them for the costumes if the plot isn't any good, so flipping through channels one day I came across Mad Men. It was the second episode where Betty has her first visit with the therapist. At the end of the episode the therapist calls Don at their house to fill him in on the session. I guess in the 60s when a spouse is paying for therapy there isn't such a thing as confidentiality? Anyhow, I'm sitting here thinking I must've come across a movie and was so disappointed when the show ended and I didn't know what happened next! Obviously between the drama and the costumes I was immediately hooked, like so many others :)

I Heart Sewing Art

This week and last have been super busy on the school front, and super stressful everywhere else. Currently in class we are working on our final projects for Design for Print, which is huge and all kinds of frustrating. I'm having difficultly in motivating myself to finish this one, so I took a time out yesterday (aka procrastinated), browsed Etsy, and decided that I would reward myself with some sewing related art if and when I finish said project. The first is from sunnybuick's shop:

And the second from kimillustration:

I love the attention to detail in this print! One of the best parts -in my opinion- are the pockets stuffed full of notions. Also it's got an animation (really verging on Disney's Sleeping Beauty, but less cutesy) feel to it, which I'm a sucker for. If I don't purchase either this time around, then I'm certainly buying at least one to celebrate the end of the Graphic Design Program in May. By then I'll surely feel as though I worked really hard and really do deserve a treat.

(Isn't it funny that it's so easy to justify buying fabric and much less so to justify treating yourself to something you wouldn't normally buy?)