Purple, My Favorite Color

All the projects seen in my last post have been completed.  I can't show the costume project yet, but eight wash cloths and four pillowcase liners were completed within a couple days:

I finished a garment for me!!!  yay!!

Simplicity 4552, which is a wardrobe pattern, includes a jacket shaped somewhat like a kimono.  I shortened the sleeves and made it up in a lightweight, burnout knit - in purple, of course!  Enjoy the pictures.

My next project will use the same pattern, minus the sleeves, with this fabric:

Wish me luck,  This thin, burnout fabric is a bee - itch to work with!

Re-arranged the Sewing Room

BEFORE pictures, showing that the cutting table is in the room next to the kitchen:

See how it juts out from the wall of rulers, really far into the walkway from the kitchen to the garage:

The rolling carts are lined up under the window area:

AFTER pictures show that the cutting table juts out from the kitchen peninsula:

This gives a wider walkway from the kitchen to the garage:

The window area was cleared out a bit for the wider walkway.  The teal fabric is from a recent project, which I hope to reveal soon:

This picture hints at two other, recent projects - wash cloths and pillow cases:

Non-sewing-related is this picture of my recent, home-done manicure.  In some lights it shows as purple, but in others it's more like a cobalt blue: