It first started with Pattern Review having a 20% off pattern sale for their members and seeing I had been very tempted by a few Jalie patterns I just couldn’t resist.

2921 Scarf Collar Top and 2919 Pleated Cardigan and Vest

as well as 965 T-Shirt and Camisoles and 2216 Cycling Jersey for Mark.

I am also toying with the idea of buying fabric online, especially when the dollar is good (maybe not right now though) and have noticed that some of the fabric stores put the Pantone numbers that are similar to the colour of the fabric on their site. You guessed it, after following a link on someones blog I found Fire Mountain Gem and Beads for the Pantone Shopping/Color Guide which has 1,757 colors to choose from. Unfortunately I have since heard that Pantone are not making this any more and I can’t find it on the Fire Mountain website either.

Then I have been admiring SewingYLD Marfy garments and this is what landed in my post box

Their 2010/2011 Catalogue which includes 10 free patterns.

I need to learn how to grade down 1 or 2 sizes for all of these patterns, but I really love the style of all of the garments. Now which one do I start with?