Hello and Happy January. While many of my 40+ blogging friends are decidedly low key about the new year {which is all good}, it appears that the sewing community is abuzz with anticipation. I have been happily immersed in your world, voraciously reading about your sewing goals for 2015, your hits and misses from 2014, and the many challenges and pledges that seem to be popping up on various blogs! Me? I ease into the new year, rarely making plans, let alone resolutions. But all this enthusiasm has inspired me to reflect on what I’ve done in the past and what I might like to do differently in the future. One thing that has become clear, is that an important and growing part of the online sewing community is still quite new to me, and that is the world of independent {or Indie} sewing pattern companies! Yes, I have a few Indie makes, but I’ve barely scratched the surface. This year I’m looking forward to sewing more patterns designed by these {mostly} young, {and all} talented women. And. I can think of no better way to start my new year than with a pattern very recently released by Thread Theory, an almost-local based business. {They’re on Vancouver Island.} Without further adieu, please do say hello to the Camas Blouse… Before I launch into a good ramble about this make, I want to give a quick heads up to my non-sewing friends….Because this is a new pattern, I’m going to go into a little greater detail about my sewing experience…something I rarely do when modeling garments made from patterns no longer in print. If your eyes begin to glaze over, or worse…roll back in your head….please, please, skip right on past the next few paragraphs. Okay, the Camas Blouse…I sewed a straight size 8, although I’m a size 6 at the waist and hip. The finished garment fits beautifully…well, except the neckline…the neckline is too low for me. Fortunately, a camisole provides both comfort and some extra winter warmth. The pattern is designed for knit fabrics, with the option of using a woven fabric for the yoke. {I used woven cotton gingham for the yoke and placket.} So, what is it with knit fabrics? I find it so hard to find knit fabrics that I like. So many of them strike me as either looking dated or just plain dull. … Continue reading CAMAS BLOUSE : : THREAD THEORY