Goodbye Valentino, Hello Needle and Thread

Love Sarah's blog and am joining a blogging network who have all committed to one year of abstaining from buying Ready-To-Wear!

I'm looking so forward to it, I drove over 30 minutes today in holiday traffic to purchase patterns on sale.  I will not be heading to that store again for a long time.  It was a nightmare!  I may subscribe to the Vogue pattern catalog at home and it will be so worth the money compared to that trip!  My first project is going to be a dress, but I want to incorporate some of the fitting techniques I've been studying through online sewing classes.  I love the online learning platform -- Craftsy.  I don't really like the name Craftsy but it's a successful and thriving business, so, I guess it's just me that's a little put off by the name.  The quality of the education, and web design in both look and ease of operation are truly first class.