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I have a *thing* where if I don't take pictures for the blog – then I can't wear my completed garment. It's silly, but it's supposed to be my motivation to take final pictures of my makes. Sadly, I made this kimono robe at the beginning of the summer and it has yet to be worn – since no blog updates yet. Me and my silly rules. heh
I looove this kimono styled robe.
I started with the Kimono Robe by AtelierJoy via craftsy then via etsy. This is a one size fits most pattern so I then just hacked it a lot to make my current version.
Before I get ahead of myself talking about the robe…
I was on a sewing hiatus from like November 2013 to April/May ish in 2014 while I did all sorts of house stuff. I didn't anticipate not sewing (silly me.) As a result, I felt like my sewing prowess had gotten a bit rusty. I wanted to make an easy pattern with minimal fitting as I got my feet wet (and back into the deep end of sewing). This pattern was perfect for that as it was a bunch of squares, typical of a kimono-like robe.
So… Pears and kimono robes don't really go hand in hand, not in my opinion anyway. I need extra width at the hem to balance out my hippy hips. I hacked the pattern to make it much wider at the hem, curve at the waist and more petite on the upper half. As a result – it still looks like a kimono styled robe. LOL
Apparently, I needed to add even more width at the hem (ie more flare) to make it more swishy. Ahh well, I still love it.
I didn't really follow the instructions fully, but I did make all of the seams french seams. When it came to the facings, I prefer to have them finished on the insides rather than on the outsides – so I hacked that part too. (This will make sense if you go to make this pattern for yourself.)
Let's talk fabric.
This is my very first time sewing up a garment from a synthetic material, in this case it was polyester. You see, I really do prefer wool, cottons, silks, and any blends of these three. (Rayon is not included in this since it's technically a natural fiber. But I even sew minimally with rayon – more now so as I'm delving into knits.) This does lead to an expensive fabric habit – but I'd rather have 1 yard of lovely silk crepe than 3 yards of well… anything else. heh
I say all of this because that is how much I love this fabric. I loved it so much I didn't care it was a poly. It's a light aqua color, with digital looking squares of white all over, combined with this slightly pixelated looking floral pattern.
I found that sewing with 100% poly is very different than sewing with a natural fiber. There was no stretch whatsoever and any small blips during sewing couldn't be pressed or steamed out at the iron. Everything had to be very precise as I came to learn while sewing up this robe. Good thing there wasn't too many curves to sew beyond the waist.
Sewing a robe has always been on my to-do list, ever since I started sewing (pajamas too). But it always took a backseat to other projects – namely those that will be worn out of the house and seen by others. I think there's nothing better than walking out of the house in a handmade project and frolicking out and about in it. But as we bought our house, I've come to sing a different tune. I now can't think of anything better than swishing about my (completed) house in silk charmeuse like Phryne Fisher does. This feminine kimono robe gets me one step closer to that reality even if my house won't be completed for some years to come.
I now want to dig out my 1950's bathrobe pattern and make that up. It has the 100% full skirted swish factor that is lacing in this kimono robe.
*Hint of what's to come*
While it's been months since I finished this kimono robe, guess who is now in the midst of sewing up her very own set of 1940's silk pajamas in the most loud, geometric print?! I can't wait to sew them up and swish some more. (As of today, the muslin work is all done and I'm now cutting out my silk charmesue.)
Honestly, not that much has been accomplished on the house front in August. But we're fine with that. It's given us a bit of a reprieve, me to sew in the evenings and Felix is working on his own projects. Plus with the bunnies back home, we're happy to spend more quality time with them as they explore their new surroundings.
What we have done…
We've begin laying down the sub-floor in the kitchen, using plywood. And by "we" I mean Felix and my dad. :)
We removed all sorts of gross, rotten wood boards that were used as a paneling in the back of the basement, which is going to be our laundry room.
There's still a tiny bit more wood to remove and some cleanup with the shopvac. But we're on our way to a mega deep clean of the basement and pouring back concrete from where we removed it for the plumbing.
I've decided to refocus some efforts on clearing out the crazy backyard of the wilderness it's become.
I trenched through and made a pathway to expose more day lilies.
Once Felix chipped in to help we got a bit further along:
Another weekend Felix and I tried to whittle down that pile of concrete we have stored in the yard, and filled up yet another bagster bag. It didn't even seem like we'd made a dent in the pile.
Concrete was below, all the old wood paneling from the basement was on top, with old kitchen cabinets in the middle. Poor kitchen cabinets, how I wish I could have saved you. :(
One bonus to August, we got a grill!
It's not a new grill, but it's a nice one. My friend Jake just moved to Colorado and he didn't want to haul his grill, so he gave it to us instead. I spent hours (5+ hours) on cleaning out this grill and all it's crustiness. (Jake was a daily grill user.) But it's now spic and span and looking like new again. We've made a few meals on it so far, nothing to complex yet since we're grilling newbies. But it's so nice having a gas grill instead of dealing with charcoal for the easy whip-it-up meal on the grill.
And really, that's about it. We do have so much to do before the coming winter, but it's been nice to have a bit of a breather month at the end of summer. Hope to get the rest of the subfloor laid next and work on the basement some more – so I can get a washer & drier. Wouldn't that be a lovely thought… doing laundry in the house you live in?! heh This is a luxury we have yet to experience and we can't wait.
After just making 1 Renfrew top & learning how to sew with knits, I'm totally pumped up to beef up my wardrobe with a whole slew of comfy knit dresses, tops, and skirts.
I have a whole swirl of ideas in my head – so I figured, why not share them up here?! Get my thoughts out on 'paper' in a way. So below is my 'wish list' of sorts in what I hope to get made up in the coming months.
I've already started to cut out and assemble Vogue 8728. I've cut and sewn 1, loved it so much I went made a second already.
It feels like everyone has sewn up this little beauty & I've had this pattern in my stash for quite some time too. This is my twice failed knit dress. The first was going to be a wearable muslin – but that failed as I had a late night accident with the serger and the waist seam. The second, well… the fabric was a bust as it ended up looking like I was wearing a wetsuit like material and the soft drapes were like really big and puffy. Not attractive at all.
Then!!! I snagged this gorgeous fabric from EmmaOneSock to make it in (sorry, sold out).
I have a weakness for floral & stripes combined. But I hope the dress doesn't get too busy with this loud print. If it does… then I guess I'll just have to make a second one in a solid. win-win
So… this happened. heh
Circle Skirt:
No pattern for this per say, but I have come to realize I don't actually own any circle skirts, only 1/2 circle skirts. This was a *duh* moment of mine.
I need to remedy this with making a knit (& woven one). I have some great classic red knit fabric, drapey cottonish feeling to me (see image above). I have like 3-4 yards of this fabric. I have no idea when I bought it or why… but I'm now glad I have so much in my stash to use.
More Renfrews:
I'd love to make up a few more Renfrew tops for the upcoming fall & winter in all versions. I even have some 'hack' ideas floating around in my head.
I've had it in my head that I want to make the Colette Cinnamon camisole but as a knit version.
Of course I need some shorts to match… so I'd likely draft up some tap pants also to coordinate.
I have some pretty pale blue cotton-ish knit I just bought for this very purpose in the remnants section of my fabric store. I got two different remnants which would be enough for the top & shorts.
I've had this pattern in my stash for quite a while, but I haven't made it up yet. All I can see when I look at the line drawing is a cute knit top – so that's what it has to be. No fabric as of yet for this. So far I'm envisioning color contrast between the collar/bands vs the top.
This is a new knit top by Jennifer Lauren & it looks really cute. I'm always up for some vintage inspired clothing – especially knit ones now. :D Again, I don't have any fabric in my stash for this one, but a girl can dream yea?
Lastly, the Nettie Top by Closet Case Files:
It's not exactly my style, but I just can't help loving it the more I see it. Perhaps it's the sweet low back of it… But I also snagged some fabric that would be perfect as a Nettie (providing I have enough yardage). It just has to be done, ya know?!
Birds via EmmaOneSock again.
I couldn't really justify the $17 a yard price on this… but then I found some as a roll end on clearance (after much stalking) and then I popped on it. I was such a happy camper when it arrived not even 2 days later! Super duper fast shipping on this one, by fluke.
Well, that's all I have for now. Be SURE to send me your favorite knit patterns in the comments. I could use more inspiration & great pattern suggestions, especially cute knit dresses (vintage or modern).
Cheers & happy sewing.
A couple weekends ago, Tres Bien Michelle & I got together with Professor Meg the Grand to get over our fear of sewing with knits.
My sewing & knitting fears are dwindling fast peeps!
My scaredy-cat list:
Colorwork Sock Knitting Sewing with Knits
- Using Power Tools – primarily saws & blades of any sort
All that's now left on my immediate list is using power tools. heh Not too shabby & I've knocked them all out this summer to boot. I'm feeling pumped! :D (Not quite pumped enough for power tools… but soon).
Meg and I trucked it out to Michelle's house in the burbs for our sewing class. Michelle has such a lovely sewing space, it was large enough for all of us to cut out and sew our respective Renfrew tops without toppling over each other. I brought my sewing machine & Meg borrowed one from Michelle.
I can now add that the Renfrew is a perfect pattern for a beginner & fits great out of the package for pears.
The only alterations I made was to remove some length from the waist & grade from an 8 to a 10 at the hips.
So truth time…
I've actually sewn with knits twice (for the same dress) last summer. Both dresses were a fail for various reasons & I felt I was always missing something. I also attempted to sew up a Renfrew last spring, but the knit fabric was being such pain – I left the project with tears and haven't attempted it since. Hence my fear of knits.
For me, I wasn't as worried about sewing the actual garment as much as I was cutting it out. You see… I'm really, really detail oriented and know "the rules" of wovens. Knits are more loosey-goosey when it comes to 'cutting on grain' and it just feels wrong.
I bombarded Meg with so many questions and mini freak-outs over cutting the bodice on the fold & on-grain, I think she wanted to run away and hide in a closet. She stuck with me though while I calmed down and cut out my bodice. I just had to let go and assume it was going to work out – and it did!
Michelle, I believe was more nervous about the actual sewing of knits. I can't speak for her, but from what I could tell – she did great & was confident by the end of the Renfrew class session. Her floral knit top is so pretty.
I decided to use a thicker, cotton knit in navy – as this is the fabric that was making me cry last year. The selvage was all wavy and funky that I just couldn't find the grainline to cut & had no idea how to even begin. But with Meg's guidance – it was a no brainer (when I finally told my brain to calm down & go with the flow).
Alterations for next time (Yes, there will be a next time!!):
My top is pulling a bit around the neckline/ladies. I'll probably size up for just the front bodice piece as I'm too petite for a fba.
So I happened to try it on again the other day… I can pull the top down and it fits great with the ladies. So I may add a bit of length to the shoulders instead, in the bodice front (only), like 1/2″ at most.
My top is a bit longer than I'd like, despite my waist shortening by 1″. I didn't realize the bands add so much length – so I'll alter that for next time also.
My sleeve bands & hip bands are a bit too tight, despite cutting 1 size larger for them in the first place. I'll just add some width to them for more ease.
After 1 washing, my armbands loosened up a bit. Weird right? But the hip band is still too snug.
All of these adjustments are easy peasy & the top fits pretty well anyhow, even if I don't feel like making these adjustments.
Thank you, Meg soo much for all your help as our teacher.
Meg, being the silly teacher she is:
I'm totally pumped up to make all of the pretty knit patterns now! I got so much sewing mojo to last me till 2015. heh
And thank you Michelle for the yummy eats & opening up your home to us. So wonderful of you.
Tackling one of my (knitting) fears, socks, has been so easy! After knitting my first sock up – and really, after casting on for the toe, I still don't know what the big deal is.
Sure, there is a new cast on technique I used, but it wasn't hard. And yeah, I had to work some short rows on the heel, but I've done short rows loads of times. Beyond these two techniques, nothing was new or hard to knitting up my first pair of socks. I'm stoked to have some cute, fancy new socks that I knit and can't wait to make more.
Since these are my first pair, I didn't want to go all fancy & purchase new yarn. Instead, I found I had just one skein of this Cascade Heritage yarn, como blue colorway, in my stash. I used these socks as the perfect opportunity to stash bust a bit. Win-win.
True to form, my gauge remains looser than the pattern gauge dictates so I had to drop down to a US size 0 knitting needle. I'm a loose knitter, apparently. LoL
I happened to be chatting with my knitting coworker friend, Maria, that I was going to knit some socks soon. She came in the following day with a sock-knitting book for me to browse through. She's the best!
Of course I ended up picking a pattern out of it. I made the Rosebud sock pattern by Wendy Johnson from the book Toe-Up socks for Everybody. The red ones featured on the cover, no less.
These pair of socks only came in one size. I got gauge using my size 0 needle, and had the same foot circumference as the pattern stated, so I cast on and got to work knitting. I got to the base of the toes and realized it was way too large for my foot somehow. Ack!
The pattern called for a total of 66 stitches (at the widest part of the foot) & I ended up reducing down to 52 stitches, a 1.75″ reduction in circumference – kinda a lot, imo.
Yeah… we have to talk about feet:
I had to get a bit fancy altering the pattern since I have such short feet (8″ in length) and I also had to reduce the lace-pattern stitch-count without altering the pattern too much. Instead of a 33-33 split between the top foot and bottom foot, I had a 31 top – 21 bottom, split. This kept the lace pattern pretty much intact while the stockinette-stitch feet base was minimized. (The lace pattern wraps more around the sides of my foot than the pattern dictates it should, is all.)
I have short, kid feet but in a normal, adult width. I ended up casting on a few stitches more than the toe called for (34 vs the pattern's 30). My toes are more round than pointy so increasing this gave me a more rounded (ie wide) toe. Doing so also removes some increase rows; I reduced my toe area by 4 rows, to give me that rounder, shorter sock-toe section.
I doubt you can see any difference between mine and the original pattern. It just looks like it fits is all. :D
I worked the heel just as the pattern stated, but… Since I only had 21 stitches to start with instead of the 33 recommended, I had to get a bit fancy here with my short rows. Really, it just took a bit of math and guesswork. I stuck to the same proportion of increases as the pattern did – I just reduced it down given my smaller stitch counts. (Just leave comments if you want more details on how I did this…)
I put in a life line in case I had to frog my work back- It ended up perfect the first time around. *Woot*
I'm really happy with my socks, but of course I always have more tweaks I'd do for the second pair.
Speaking of second pairs… The reason why I decided to push myself and knit up some socks is that I really wanted to knit up a pair as a birthday gift for Felix's grandmother, Phoebe. She's turning 103
next weekend a few weekends ago (yes 103!!) & I wanted to make her something special, something that a 103 year old could use. :)
Rosebud Socks #2
As soon as I finished up my pair, I delved in making grandma Phoebe a pair of her own!
You'd think I'd have the lace pattern memorized by this point but I didn't. heh I think I finally memorized it by sock #4.
Phoebe has very similar feet as I do. She also has an 8″ length foot just like me, but she has substantially wider feet than I do. My foot is 3″ wide at the widest part whereas hers are 4″ wide at the widest part.
Using Dream in Color's Everlasting Sock yarn (poppy colorway), I had the same gauge using US size 0 needles as my turquoise pair, so it was easy to just add 2 inches to the circumference of her feet. (But really I only added 1 3/4″ since I'd rather have her wearing stretchy socks than socks that may be too wide). I didn't have her foot circumference, just the measurement of her foot at the widest part. So it's hard to say if she has flat feet or high-arched feet (like I do). I just kinda split the difference.
Since she has the same length foot as I do, it was pretty easy to know when to stop knitting the length of her foot. I proceeded with the heel & heel gusset nearly the same as mine, just with more stitches this time – but still less than the pattern calls for.
I can actually, sorta, fit into these socks too. They are looser on me and the heel is more substantial/pronounced than my heel since there are more stitches here for width & for her thicker ankles.
Socks really are stretchy and can fit various shaped feet quite easily. Just cross your toes for me that they fit Phoebe perfectly. :D
The red yarn I used for Phoebe's is really to tie for. I love the semi-solid nature of this yarn.
The one thing to note is that hers are made using a 100% superwash merino wool (while my turquoise ones are 75% superwash merino + 25% nylon). The nylon content that is in yarn, specifically sock yarn, is in there to provide durability which is key – especially when walking around & with the rubbing from your shoes/socks/feet. Just a note when you're shopping around for yarn to make socks. You want some nylon in them – not just pure wool unless you're not going to wear them often.
I'm not terribly concerned about Phoebe wearing out these socks. At 103, she's really not walking around that much so she won't be wearing out her socks like you or I would. I'm just envisioning her kicking back in her bed wearing some pretty, warm & cozy socks for the upcoming winter months.
Her birthday was last weekend and she seemed pleased. I didn't make her try them on, so I do hope they fit alright.
So much red!
While I'd love to continue to make more socks for myself right away, I need to give my hands a break from using such small knitting needles. US 0's feel (& look) like I'm knitting with toothpicks.
My hands are aching. I'm not sure if it's from knitting or if it's from working so hard on my house with tools (shovels & hammers) lately. Either way my hands need a break.
So…. I'm now knitting with US size 2's on a new cardigan. LOL I have slowed down my knitting pace & did give myself a 3-day break while I was focusing on weaving in the ends of this colorwork vest. (It's all done now!) But it's so hard NOT to knit while I have a 1 hour commute to work 2x a day, while I'm staying with my parents in the burbs – you know while I have some plumbing work done on the house…
Socks are such easy little projects to tote around in purses. If you're afraid of socks – please don't be. They're not hard & they knit up really quickly (1-2 weeks). You're cold feet will be really pleased with you, if you make some up in time for fall/winter.
I remember back in 2012 when So, Zo (aka Zoe) made sandals. She took the whole sewing blogger community by storm with that post and floored us all, yea?! I know I was floored and immediately said "Wow I wish I could make my own sandals, too. But that'll never happen."
Well… you can now call me a liar b/c guess what I did?! I made a pair of sandals! Wooot.
You may have spotted my footwear in this post the other day, but thought nothing of it. heh
Myself, Meg the Grand and Tres Bien Michelle joined forces (with the Chicago School of Shoemaking) and made something wonderful together (along with 2 other gals as the class accommodates up to 6 peeps.)
As of now, I haven't worn them out and about. I will… I'm just nervous since I don't want to wreck them in any way. But they are fully functional, wearable sandals made by me. :D
Construction & Thoughts:
Well… oh boy. Where do I start?! This was 8 hrs of steps and they gradually came together in that time.
First things first for me was inspiration. I created a pinterest board of all the sandals I found so far and loved. Many were not suitable for sandal making for beginners so I settled on a design – pending leather color availability of course.
We traced out our foot twice to create a template. Once was our foot outline and the second, inner line was where our foot actually touches the ground (think instep, etc.) I have very high arches and very small feet. I had to modify my design so that it would fit my toe box adequately. The challenge I had is that one of the toe straps ended at the same place my ankle strap had to begin – due to angles and such. Tricky business this shoemaking. heh I was glad to have a teacher there to help me through this process.
Having such small feet, I never realized that certain styles just will never work for me. I don't have enough real estate on my foot to pull it off. Makes sense… just never had to think about it like that before.
From there we traced our base onto the actual leather footbed and marked where our straps will go into the upper sole. (Michelle has the pics for these steps). I got very busy to take photos during, like always.
Basically we were making a unique pattern/design for our feet and coping that onto our leather shoe base.
Somewhere around here, we dyed our bases to the color we wanted. You can also stamp in some emblems on your base if you want. I didn't plan to… but why not?
All the other little dots are the lines where the straps will go.
We cut our soles out also (so there's the leather upper sole, then the lower rubber sole).
Michelle, cutting out her sole. Lighting by Meg.
After this, things get serious. We had to cut 1/2″ length holes in our leather base to accommodate the straps. One wrong move and you'd be starting all over again. Eeek. I was a bit nervous at this point.
Somewhere after this step, I got behind from the other gals. I happened to be the last one to get my straps fitted from the instructor – as we were all waiting in line to get inspected. Instead of letting me catch up, she kept moving the group farther and farther ahead of me. This only resulted in me getting further behind since I'd then miss all of the 'next steps' after what I was currently working on. This is when I got flustered & it was the low point in the class for me. I was not happy. I had to keep asking all of my classmates what the next step was. (This whole unpleasantness went on for like 2 hrs of the afternoon.)
Michelle was right next to me, and I know she sensed I was off and having some difficulty. She was quite sweet and was offering to assist as was the other gal, Deborah, to my right.
Then somehow… I got caught up. It felt like I was running through some of the steps though.
Steps I flew through with little-to-no photos:
Skiving the ends of the straps – basically you thin the leather at the ends with a fatty blade so it can curve around the sole of the shoe.
The straps get glued to the underside of the shoe with some leather glue.
Once glued down, they get nailed in place for more security:
Image courtesy of Michelle.
The bases get glued then placed in an exhaust fan so we don't get headaches:
The two soles get joined together & hammered to ensure a tight join.
Then came all of the finishing steps – trimming the exterior soles to our feet, adjusting straps, adding buckles, rivets & such, and dying the outer soles at the end.
Classmate Deborah creating a hole in her side strap for a rivet.
We were extremely pooped at this point as we'd been hard at work for 8 hrs now. But look at those fab shoes!
Michelle's were nearly exactly the look she wanted and had some fancy strapwork on the sides of hers. Meg chose to vary her initial design after seeing a sandal sample. We saw some samples at the beginning of the class. Seeing them (not on feet) I was underwhelmed since they were so 'basic'. But once I saw them on a foot I thought "ooo pretty". Meg I think kept hers nice and simple (with some pizazz) and they're quite lovely as a result. (Whomp Whomp, Meg.) LOL
Mine ended up as a slight variation on my original, and I think they're great and very me.
Kinda mehh looking when they're not on feet.
Much better on my feet, no?! :D
I'm so proud of these buckles – don't they look so professional and like "real" sandals.
So… besides my total frustration in the afternoon portion of the class, I'm still really happy with them and how they turned out. The teacher was very nice and you can tell she was very skilled with her 40+ years of experience. And it wasn't so bad in the end… since I've signed up to take another course. heh (Leather) Purse making will be in my future! :D I can't wait. Plus, I doubt I'll be left behind in that once since I already do know the basics of sewing and garment construction. heh
Happy Feet.
I think the other 4 gals in the course had a great experience and I can recommend the class to others – just don't fall behind.
What's really exciting is that the Chicago School of Shoemaking will be opening up a 'shop' inside their studio and also offering up lab time (for a fee of course). You can use all of their tools & space with some intermittent help from the instructor. Sounds lovely, no?! I have a hunch, once I make one bag, I'll want to make more. And what better than to be able to have a space with all the tools on hand to make it in?! Can't wait to learn more about shoes & purses & belts.
Perfect – as in the perfect design. Not that my dress is perfect… not yet anyways.
Recently, I bought Hollywood Pattern 1103.
It's everything I want in an easy, breasy summer dress: cut on sleeves, tie waist, swingy skirt, shoulder gathers (no darts) & a matching bolero to boot! What's not to love?!
I just happened to be at the fabric store one day when I found a silk crepe I'd had my eye on for over a year that was marked down. You bet I snagged that puppy up. I bought a whopping 4 yards since at the time I wasn't sure what I'd make with it. Then I bought Hollywood 1103 and it was a match made in heaven.
But… that fabric is for the next post. Not wanting to use my lovely silk for a first-time dress, I went and made it up with another lovely fabric, a pinky red linen-rayon blend.
These pictures turned out really bright. The fabric is indeed bright, but not quite neon & glowing like it appears.
Linen-rayon blends are now in my top 5 favorite fabrics of all time. The rayon content helps the linen stay a bit wrinkle free & gives such lovely drape & movement to any garment. (If you're in Chicago, you can find this red at Vogue on Roosevelt Rd. in the Summer Specials section.) I should know… I made a skirt with it first. Then went back for more of it for this dress. (I may even still have a bit more in my stash… it's that good! How I wish they had more colors.)
While I like this dress, it's not 100% perfect yet. There is much to much ease in the bodice at the waist. I thought the belt (or tie belt) would be sufficient but it borderlines on the frumpy to me.
I think this design/and my narrow shoulders would be much benefited by some small shoulder pads also. I really don't care for shoulder pads, but with the cut on sleeves – I feel like my shoulders look really rounded. (Either that or I shorten up the sleeves a bit more.)
All this doesn't stop me from wearing this dress, as I've worn it 3 times in the last 2 weeks.
I just feels so lovely on. Unfortunately, its now in the hamper and I can't wear it till it's clean again.
After much consideration, after I wash it up (pending shrinkage), I think I'm going to take it in at the side seams. The top is a bit too billowy and I've been adjusting my belt like crazy every time I wear this.
I paired my dress with my new bunny belt and my flea-market necklace find. It was only $1 – doesn't get better than that for a vintage glass beaded necklaces.
Normally I'd be pairing this dress with white instead of black accessories – but it's what I had on hand. My wardrobe & accessories are quite limited at the moment since most of my items are still packed up in boxes. It's a good exercise in making do. :D
Guess what? I think this may be the first sewing project I've posted all year! Can you believe it?! While this isn't the first sewing project I've completed this year – it's just the first one I managed to get photographed.
I've been doing a ton of knitting since it's much easier (and less dusty) than me working in my sewing room. But I've been sewing much more lately and have even written up myself a fall/late summer sewing plan. I'm stoked to get started on it.
Stay tuned for the wonderfulness that will be version #2 in silk crepe. (It just needs it hem and photographs now.) Woot!
Who else has worked with linen-rayon blends? Love them too, yes??? :D
Plumbing has been the name of the game in July.
Late June, Felix and I started preliminary preparation for the plumber. Little did we know, we had such a far way to go to fully prepare for having a plumber come to our house.
The Good: Besides having some duct work put in our house (by my licensed sheet metal worker pro dad), this is the first of the 'trades' we've had come in the house that we're paying for. Very exciting to be moving forward with building infrastructure on our house. I'm looking forward to having to never (really) worry about major issues in the near future since everything will be all new.
So yes – every single pipe in our house has been replaced. All of them! We've had a complete system overhaul done by a licensed pro.
The Bad: Since we have a subcontractor coming in, we're trying to save mega $$ by doing all of the demo work ourselves.
The Ugly: Doing the demo work ourselves. I had no idea how gross this was going to be. I should have put it together… you know waste lines in a house that are very old…. but I just didn't.
Felix and I (with the mega help of my dad), set out digging out our basement wherever the waste lines were and also digging up the old lead water service lines.
Can I just deviate for a sec and say: I never thought I'd be so interested in house codes and all of this stuff… but here I am.
Seriously, all of this stuff is really cool – to see how a house is put together and functions. I bet many of you don't even know how you're getting decent water pressure in your shower. I didn't… there are so many factors to take into account – I just had no idea. These tradesmen are really knowledgeable, ya know?! They know so much about stuff that I've been clueless about. I've always rented and I guess I just took stuff for granted since I never had to think about it.
Now I got that out of my system… Here's what Felix and I have been doing in July.
The Basement:
Digging the sand out & re-stacking it in a pile in the middle of the basement. (Look I'm not wearing my Rt. 66 shirt – you know that blue one. heh)
A bit of progress being made to expose the clay tile waste pipe.
We also had to dig out near the back of the house (laundry room) to redo the old water lines.
Exposed waste pipe – but we still had more to dig even after this…
Resulted in this massive pile of sand/soil:
Next came the demo of the pipe. :(
My dad, Bob, busted out this whole, hunking cast iron waste pipe:
He then busted up the clay tile waste pipe that I'm attempting to haul out.
This is the ugly…. I got really grumpy, really quickly here. I'm a complete sweat ball & it was smelly & awful work. I'll just leave it at that.
I really want to tell you all about how dreadful this was, too. But I just can't bring myself to.
Post demo, nice new pit for the new plumbing lines & a bathroom to go in. This is about 18″ to 24″ below the concrete. Depth perception is hard here…
I forgot to mention…. While we were busting up the concrete for a new waste and plumbing lines, we decided to have a bathroom installed in the basement. We just figured, why not since we're already here doing it?! So part of this space above will be a 3/4 sized bathroom.
A week later, Felix then went about cutting out all of our pipes that feed the upstairs bathroom (all overhead).
Again, I'm not sure why we didn't think about it… but this was an unpleasant job also. Very smelly & dirty as we were dealing with the overhead waste lines from the tub and sink, as well as the water lines. Very glad to be done with this part of the project.
Back to the good: The plumber was here!
New waste line on the left forefront and down the length of the right along with stubbed in bathroom stuff (farther back on the left).
This is the back laundry area & utility sink lines:
Bathroom, under the sink:
Now that the lines are down, guess who had to add back all of the sand, once more. Doh!
I feel like I've spent 2 whole weekends now shifting about sand/soil in my basement. Many hands hurt, just from gripping tools.
It doesn't look like much… but this is the fill we added back into the pit of our basement. The point here is that you really can't see the plumbing lines anymore.
What this has all meant for my daily life this past month:
I haven't been actually living in my house since I have no working toilets or available water. Luckily, my mom lives about an hour outside the city, so we've been staying with them. I've been out of my house from July 3rd to July 22nd, nearly the whole month.
I'm thankful I have them so close; I can always count on them. But I'm ready to be living back at my house, being on my own routine.
The Yard:
Not a terrible amount of progress here. I got outside with my mom & started pulling out the remaining section of day lilies from my front yard – the parkway, more precisely.
The section I dug up was that whole mess of day lilies behind my mom and myself. As much as we pulled out of the front yard, the parkway was worse. It was much denser an area of day-lilies and I filled at least 7-8 large yard waste bags full of them. I lost count.
We found a whole mess of bricks buried in the ground. There was once two walkways to the street here that were since buried by decaying leaves & day lily overgrowth – like years and years of it. While it's hard work, this task remains a treasure hunt. I continue to find lots of neat things buried in my yard.
I wish I had a grand plan of what to plant in the front yard. But it's already past the official planting season & I'm just looking for quick and easy at this point. I don't have a ton of time to dedicate to garden maintenance while the inside of my house remains very much a wip. So I'll most likely put some sod down and call it a day.
The reason why I don't have sod down at this point is I'm waiting to get a hose and water line set in so I can water the sod when it goes in. Once I have water, I can lay the sod.
My mom and I just decided to plant a perennial garden instead. I'm excited and I think this will end up looking much cuter and less like an area for dogs to do their business in, ie sod. Sometimes sod/grass in the city can be a negative thing….
The Kitchen:
Little progress was made this month on the kitchen. The plumbing work & pre/post prep work for the plumbing took up our month's free time.
Kitchen Planning:
I officially picked my kitchen floors out! But you may already know about this via instagram.
I found commercially available (awesome quality) vinyl flooring in the (a nearly) perfect shade of aqua and a white with gold flecks that will be going in the kitchen in a diagonal check-board pattern.
It's the closet match I could find to my aqua dishes. You'd think there'd be more fun, teal colored floor tiles out there, but they're really aren't. BUT, please alert me if you see some more out there I can check out. (There's a great dark purple vinyl floor color that would be awesome set in my laundry room in the basement! – click on this link to see all the colors. FYI: they send out free samples too & are an eco friendly company.)
The floor isn't going in any time soon, but I had to pick them out now, so that we could build up the floor to the correct level. Reminds me… I should get this aqua ordered in case it is discontinued by the time I go to install it.
Again more info than you need… but if at any point in the future I want to take out the aqua vinyl and put in ceramic tile (thicker) we can do so easily without ripping out the subfloor & re-leveling everything. I'm really trying to think ahead many years in case I or the next owners want to change something around.
I'm planing on keeping my kitchen nice and white: white cabinets & appliances & a lt. grey marble counter top. But what was nagging in the back of my mind is that it's going to be too plain without any fun colors. So I am jumping on the color bandwagon and adding in my pop's of aqua whenever I can – as courage allows.
One neat detail I saw is painting the insides of your cabinets a color for fun pops. I'm hoping to do this also in mine – that or adding in some colorful wallpaper to the backs of them.
This is a bathroom cabinet, but you get the idea.
I want a very clean, looking kitchen, but I also want it vintagey-cute. So that means color – color – color. :D I'm hoping to incorporate teal with some pinkie corals and some mute grass greens.
Something similar to this (minus the peach & slightly darker or lighter green):
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Doesn't that look like a cheery place you'd want to be with those colors? :D
I've also been waffling around about 2 separate ovens and a cooktop. That idea has gone by the wayside and I'm now debating this little beauty by AGA:
It's a bit more "country" looking than I initially wanted, but I love the knobs and the fact that it has 2 ovens + a separate broiler and a small storage drawer also. (I really don't need all of these burners up top… it's a bit excessive for me. I just need my double oven space.)
It also comes in 1 size smaller which is also an intriguing thought:
This one has the same size oven + broiler + 2nd long oven on the right. Isn't that kinda neat?! And I really like this burner configuration too.
Basically, I need to check out these puppies in person and see if the oven is large enough for me to use for all of my macaron baking & such. This will be a day trip, sometime in August.
Last but not least….
The buns are back!
The buns have been at my bunsitter's place since I moved in at the end of March – too much dust & debris for their delicate lungs. But as demo has been non-existent in our house for a while, it was time to get them back from the sitter.
I've had to go without my favorite fuzzy friends, Quincy & Phineas' company for a whopping 4 months. You can imagine I'm so happy to have them back once again. Expect many vine videos and instagram photos of their shenanigans in the new house.
What's Upcoming:
I'm not quite certain, actually. My dad's been spending too much of his time helping on my house, when he has his own house to work on still. I'm thinking our pace will slow down in August/September.
What I do know that's next on our list is electrical work, insulation installation, & pouring concrete in the basement to continue to finish the plumbing job off, among other things.
Perhaps my dad (non-step dad, dad) will have some free time to come up from Georgia to help us on putting up some fresh drywall in the kitchen or something? He's been wanting to come up and help Felix and I do work on our house – which is lovely! I just haven't known what task to give him…
Since I'm off living at my mom's (since July 3rd), I have no access to my sewing machine. This means I get to dream of what could be… namely swishing around my finished house in 1940's styled, silk beach pajamas. Doesn't that sound just lovely?!
In my efforts to build up my vintage wardrobe, one area where I am purely lacking is my lounge wear and nightgowns, so this has been at the forefront of my mind as of late.
It's kinda silly of me, but I long to walk about my new house in silk charmeuse, head to toe. I may even have bought two new patterns to supply my dreams. :)
Note: I did NOT pay $75 for this pattern. But this is now mine! *hip hip*
I fell instantly in love with this 30's pajama pattern – primarily for the open back in view A-1. It reminded me so much of this pajama ensemble from the movie: Cheerful Weather for the Wedding.
I think the movie, in itself, is a bit depressing – although a good story. But I love Felicity Jones & the fashions are just wonderful.
Another pattern I snagged back in March, just before I moved, is New York Patterns 1028:
This is the first pajama pattern I've ever bought. It's going to look wonderful and will be super comfy as I hang out around the house in next spring in a voile or silk or even with a wool flannel for the winter.
Not my patterns but equally dreamy:
Vogue 8062:
McCall's 1387:
I love smocking details but I've yet to try my hand with it. On the yoke of a bed jacket would be a great first step to trying out this technique.
Hollywood 631:
Hollywood 544:
Dubarry 1609B:
Butterick 2294:
Do you guys feel the same way about pajamas and lounge wear? I just want have loads at my disposal so I can change out of my work clothes and sew/knit in style in the evenings.
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projects adventures as well as my husband, Felix does on a daily basis. For me, I think it's much more manageable to give big recaps instead of many small snippets. Hence me starting a 'review' of the month's activities for you all.
State of my house as of June 31st, 2014
The Attic:
Late Spring, Felix
took the hit decided he was going to start cleaning out all of our insulation from the attic. The previous owners had been something of hoarders and they threw many empty boxes full of packing peanuts in the attic. You may recall my mom and I went up there once, but we vowed never again. Felix graciously offered to go work up there instead, which I continue to be thankful for.
Packing peanuts on top of gross, old insulation.
We ran out of Tyvek protection suits. Luckily, I'd saved an old Halloween costume of Felix's and he went in the attic dressed like this. Good thing he didn't venture outside… The neighbors might have gotten a bit suspicious.
We have active squirrels in our attic, unfortunately. They've made a mess of things. All insulation is being removed and once we lock them out, we'll replace it with nice, warm & fresh insulation.
This is the only light we have in the attic. Poor Felix… This is a bad job to have. He was a trooper throughout it.
The Kitchen:
You may remember this picture from when we first bought the house; how I loved my cute little 40's kitchen cabinets.
After finding a leak in the wall, 2 ceilings (one on top of the other) improperly put in, icky floors, rotten ceiling joist from water damage and plywood cabinet bases not worth keeping – everything just had to go. While I did save all of the cabinet doors, I probably will just start from scratch as my dad will be building me a set of new cabinets in this very style. All is not lost…
My kitchen now. This is looking into the right corner, in the pre-image above.
Everything has been removed down to the joist spaces.
During demolition:
Finally cleaned of all nails and debris:
Random things I found in the walls during one of my demo sessions.
Old tile, pipe, shard of light bulb glass, saws-all blade, and the coolest… old leather bathroom tile. Yes, you heard me right leather! Did you know back in the day, people used leather as tile? Ours has a hunter green and mustard-ish color scheme.
Felix and I are demo pros at this point. But this kitchen… it took us a whole whopping month to demo it. There was just so much crap in the walls & ceiling and everwhere. It was a beast. But we're now starting fresh in this room and it feels great. Instead of demoing more out of the kitchen it will soon be the time of building it back up again! :D
The Basement:
Our house was built pre-plumbing, in 1885. This means that all plumbing in the house was installed after the house was built (even on top of old plaster walls as we found in the second floor). And much of the waste lines are original. (This is all getting removed) and has been our July project so far.
Prepping for the plumbing work that is now, on-going; we had to remove all of the old waste lines that are buried underneath the concrete floor. Jack-hammering & shoveling sand has been the name of the game.
Looking thru the kitchen floor to the basement below:
Trying my hand at jack hammering (aka demo hammer since it's smaller than a true jackhammer):
Removing the busted up concrete in buckets (carted up & dumped outside in our backyard):
Then digging out the sand/soil about 18″ down to expose all of the pipes underneath the floor.
Having some fun in the midst of work:
My Route 66 shirt has been my trusty work shirt throughout all of this work. I actually stitched up a cute 40's work shirt that I'm supposed to be wearing. But it's so cute I don't want to wreck it. LoL
The Yard:
As the weather has been getting lovely, I've been less inclined to be indoors (stripping woodwork) and have ventured outside to do some yard work instead.
Early in the Spring, we had to have various trees removed from our backyard. Many were in the way of power lines & the one mega tree was getting ill and was going to eventually fall on our neighbor's condo building. So that had to go… :(
My yard has quickly gone from this:
To this:
To this:
And this:
You can barely see where that bird bath is anymore.
In the backyard, I've been slowly hacking away at the day lilies & ferns. I don't really have a 'plan' yet for the back or the front. So far, I'm just going to put sod down to clean it up and then will get fancy with the plants as I'm able to next year or so.
My mom and I did go to town removing the day lilies from our front yard and cleaned it up a bit.
At the end of the day we got to this:
It's just refreshing to see dark soil instead of overgrown/crazy day lilies.
We had to haul away lots of dirt from the front yard (dumped it in a pile in the back). All of the decomposition of plants & leaves over the years had left us with very rich, but mounding soil. It's a good problem to have, technically. Just more work to dig and haul out one's soil.
That's kinda it, in a nutshell. Lots of activity & the weekends have been leaving Felix and I pretty pooped out come Monday morning. I'm hoping to schedule a weekend or two away from the house for mini vacations in the next few months. We need some recharging time, obviously.
What's happening now:
Plumbing! Lots of plumbing.
I'll do another recap at the end of each month – in part to not bombard you all with my crazy house project, but I also don't have a computer set up at my house yet. It was the compromise I had to make so that I have a sewing space instead. I'm sure you all would agree that was the right decision. :D
P.S. All images courtesy of Felix. Isn't he so nice to share?! :)


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Bulloch Academy softball coach Chandler Dennard was a bit nervous Tuesday prior to his Lady Gators facing the Brentwood Lady Eagles.
Sunday morning, my fiancé and wife-to-be opened up the Atlanta Journal-Constitution to find the teaser on the front page, "Dogs demolish Ga. Southern". She was furious.
David Emanuel Academy (0-1) kept things interesting for a half, but a young and inexperienced Bulloch Academy (1-0) squad grew up in a hurry, bouncing back in the second and knocking off the Eagles 40-12 in the season opener at Gator Alley Thursday.
Statesboro's receiving corps has just come out of the package - and Luke Connell and the SHS offense are ready to use them.
Statesboro began final preparations for the 2008 season Monday, shifting attention from themselves to Week One opponent Josey.
Frederica Academy cross country runners were as thick as sand gnats on St. Simons Island as the Knights won both the boys' and girls' team titles Monday afternoon at Bulloch Academy.
Year one at Southeast Bulloch under head coach John Kenny had its growing pains.
He's got an accurate touch on the football, he's quick, he's shifty, he's just a sophomore, and he's the starting quarterback for the Southeast Bulloch Yellow Jackets.
The 2008 football season will be one to remember - that I can assure you.
Now that there's 13 teams in Region 3-A, getting into the playoffs may just be a little bit harder.
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The last two seasons in Metter have been all about building a foundation from the bottom up. In 2006, coach Clay Hill inherited a Tiger squad without much experience, and he has focused on developing the middle school kids and keeping the numbers up. Metter has consistently fielded over 50 kids in each of the last two seasons, and with a strong foundation both offensively and defensively, the coaching staff feels the team is ready to compete again.
When Chuck Conley arrived in Millen in 2005, the Jenkins County football team was struggling.
CLAXTON - The youth movement in Claxton is over.
The Screven County Gamecocks are getting used to being back in the playoffs.
OAKLAND, Calif. - The Cleveland Cavaliers finished off Chicago and swept past Atlanta, even when Kyrie Irving wasn't available.
DUBLIN, Ohio - David Lingmerth took a step toward turning his game around with a 7-under 65 at the Memorial on Friday. It gave the Swede a one-shot lead going into a weekend that includes Tiger Woods.
North Carolina's long-running academic fraud scandal now includes five NCAA charges, including a lack of institutional control for poor oversight of an academic department popular with athletes and the counselors who advised them.
DUBLIN, Ohio - Hideki Matsuyama was bracing for a rough day at the Memorial and wound up with a share of the lead Thursday.
NEW YORK (AP) - How much scandal is too much scandal?
Grab a cup of coffee and spend some time re-living the Georgia Southern Eagles sweeping the Sun Belt Conference through the eyes of Herald Staff Photographer Scott Bryant.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed certain states' Medicaid program records, focusing on: (1) whether states are using financial arrangements that inflate the federal share of Medicaid program expenditures; (2) various techniques that states use to obtain federal funds for their basic Medicaid and disproportionate share hospital (DSH) programs; and (3) whether states are using their federal matching funds to provide medical services to Medicaid patients.
GAO found that: (1) states have used various financial arrangements to obtain federal Medicaid funds without committing their share of matching funds and to increase the federal share of Medicaid expenditures; (2) some states have used federal funds to finance their Medicaid programs, while other states have redirected their funds into their state treasuries; (3) although recently enacted legislation focuses on limiting states' improper use of federal Medicaid funds, Michigan has taken action to ensure its federal Medicaid funding level in 1995; and (4) the Medicaid program should prohibit states from using illusory financial arrangements so that federal funds can be diverted to those medical facilities providing care.
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Comments: Congress is considering major changes to the Medicaid program that would increase states' flexibility in managing their Medicaid programs. The reforms being considered do not directly address this issue.
Matter: Congress should enact legislation to minimize the likelihood that states can develop illusory financing mechanisms whereby providers return Medicaid payments to the states, thus effectively reducing the states' share of Medicaid funding. This legislation should prohibit Medicaid payments that exceed costs to any government-owned facility.
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Medicaid:CMS Could Take Additional Actions to Help Improve Provider and Beneficiary Fraud ControlsGAO-15-665T: Published: Jun 2, 2015. Publicly Released: Jun 2, 2015.
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Medicare Administrative Contractors:CMS Should Consider Whether Alternative Approaches Could Enhance Contractor PerformanceGAO-15-372: Published: Apr 30, 2015. Publicly Released: Jun 1, 2015.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act:Despite Some Delays, CMS Has Made Progress Implementing Programs to Limit Health Insurer RiskGAO-15-447: Published: Apr 30, 2015. Publicly Released: Jun 1, 2015.
Private Health Insurance:Premiums and Enrollment for New Nonprofit Health Insurance Issuers Varied Significantly in 2014GAO-15-304: Published: Apr 30, 2015. Publicly Released: Jun 1, 2015.
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February 26, 2015 // 2:30pm — 4:30pm
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The December 16, 2014, school massacre in Peshawar is a sobering reminder of the still-potent threat of militancy in Pakistan. Encouragingly, nongovernmental organizations have been developing grassroots initiatives to counter violent extremism. These promising efforts, however, have to this point not grown into a nationwide campaign. What does Pakistani civil society hope to achieve with its anti-extremism movement?
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For more than two decades, the US Department of State, USAID and other foreign affairs agencies have worked to ensure that the Foreign Service looks more like America. Success in that effort could contribute immeasurably to the United States' global leadership on a range of issues including gender equality, democracy and minority rights. A panel of experts will question if the Foreign Service has been successful in these efforts and explore how it must continue to evolve in a rapidly changing world.
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October 31, 2014 // 9:00am — 10:00am
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Community Bank Shares of Indiana Inc., the holding company for Your Community Bank, officially changed its name Monday to Your Community Bankshares Inc.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/19/12 -- RainStor, a provider of database solutions for Big Data, today released its predictions focused on enterprise Big Data initiatives in 2013. As the year draws to a close, global organizations face the most prominent IT and business challenge: Big Data. The focus for IT will be to provide scalable, high-performance analytics at the lowest cost, as business users demand continuous access to both current and historical data. By analyzing this data using multiple tools and approaches, companies not only gain greater intelligence, but also a competitive advantage.
Based on customer and partner experience, market research and conversations with experts, RainStor offers its top Big Data predictions for 2013:
Prediction 1: Enterprise Big Data Initiatives Move out of the Sandbox and Define a Clear Set of Business and Technology Requirements
Throughout 2012, enterprise adoption of Big Data initiatives have escalated faster than most had predicted. According to a recent Computerworld(1) study among 300 of the world's largest enterprises, the volume of data is expected to increase by about 60 percent in 2013 with 13 percent reporting they have Big Data initiatives already in place. An additional 38 percent of respondents are implementing or likely to implement Big Data projects over the next year.
Enterprises are forming dedicated Big Data teams, and for many it has become a line item on the budget as they continue to find better approaches to managing, storing and analyzing Big Data. At the same time, requirements are becoming more clearly defined and distinct patterns are emerging, such as scalability at the lowest cost, rapid response query and analysis, and ability to leverage existing standards-based tools that include SQL and BI. This is in addition to built-in security and data availability features that enterprises have come to expect when handling mission critical data assets.
Prediction 2: Companies will Look to New Technology Combinations, other than Hadoop, when Managing Big Data
Over the past year, Apache Hadoop has gained momentum in the enterprise, which was exemplified by the October 2012 Hadoop World event where 2,500 attendees gathered -- an increase from 500 attendees just three years earlier. Hadoop, popularized by Web 2.0 organizations, is now taken seriously among banks, financial institutions, communications operators, large retailers and others. However, Big Data initiatives are not only centered on the Hadoop platform.
Business and IT challenges are being solved using a combination of different technologies that work in concert, which varies by sector and even by company. Enterprises are deploying on private clouds in order to manage data estates and a combination of both traditional databases and data warehouse environments, alongside Hadoop-based data management environments that run on a variety of hardware including NAS and object stores. A common theme across all enterprise Big Data projects is the desire to get up and running quickly without causing disruption to existing IT environments and realizing a result in less than 12 months.
Prediction 3: Budget Limitations will Pose one of the Biggest Hurdles to Solving Big Data Challenges
Big Data spending is on the rise, but over the coming year, cost will remain one of the biggest hurdles to overcome when initiating Big Data projects. According to a recent analyst report, Big Data spending is projected to drive $34 billion in 2013. Organizations in particular sectors must keep data online and available because compliance regulations dictate so, and additionally businesses want to harness more raw data from multiple sources in order to conduct better analytics. Getting the balance right -- finding the most efficient technology infrastructure while satisfying business demands -- is the challenge.
Growth rates are not slowing down. Building out capacity for existing needs and future requirements is critical. Too much too soon is not the way to go, and Big Data does not necessarily mean big budgets. The tolerance for $20,000 - $40,000 per terabyte of managed data is fast disappearing in the minds of enterprise decision makers.
Prediction 4: Big Data Tools Must Satisfy both Business and Technical Users
In 2013, we will see increased demand for Big Data tools and applications that will be easier to use and will satisfy the business user, not just the technical or data scientist users. All market indicators point to this. If you look at Hadoop-based technology capabilities, many are still immature and require unique specialized skills. We have already seen new product announcements that address this need, including the recent announcements on Cloudera Impala and Microsoft Polybase. In fact, some of these capabilities already exist today, making it easier to access the right data at the right time with the best set of tools.
Prediction 5: Heavyweights, such as Oracle and IBM, will Make Acquisitions in the Big Data Market
Large organizations have already embraced Big Data, which has legitimized the market over the past year. We expect that some of the established players who lack unique technology capabilities or expertise will make acquisitions in 2013. The two obvious heavyweights are Oracle and IBM -- which already have a diverse portfolio of established products in the data management sector, but who also recognize that time to market is critical in order to gain a stronger foothold with an all encompassing Big Data offering for enterprise customers.
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"The increasing need to leverage Big Data for competitive advantage, along with the rise in innovative product offerings, will completely change the way customers store, manage and analyze their most critical asset -- data. Enabling enterprise customers to manage petabyte scale data environments in a much more efficient and cost effective way is what is now required. Over the next 12 months, Big Data will take the spotlight because it is on every company's short list."
-- John Bantleman, CEO of RainStor
Additional Resources
- RainStor's Big Data Analytics on Hadoop Overview
- RainStor Infographic
- Get the Scoop on Hadoop Video
- RainStor's Blog
About RainStor
RainStor provides Big Data management software. RainStor's database enables the world's largest companies to keep and access limitless amounts of data for as long as they want at the lowest cost. It features the highest level of compression on the market, together with high performance on-demand query and simplified management. RainStor runs natively on a variety of architectures and infrastructure including Hadoop. RainStor's leading partners include Amdocs, Anritsu, AdaptiveMobile, Dell, HP, Qosmos and Teradata.
RainStor is a privately held company with offices in San Francisco, USA and Gloucester, UK. For more information, visit www.rainstor.com. Join the conversation at www.twitter.com/rainstor.
(1) Computerworld Big Data Study, July 2012
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