steam {hunk}

If you haven't caught word of the steam punk frenzy instigated spearheaded by Jeannette of Gone Aussie Quilting and Amy of Badskirt... well, I suggest you check out the flipping brilliant blocks in the works and jump on this bandwagon!

I have to say, I knew I didn't stand a chance fabric-wise once I first caught a glimpse of these (umm.. are you kidding me?!)  So the pattern came... and two weeks passed with no cutting.  Or fabric pairing, for that matter.  Then the other night, as I was tidying up my sewing space, I (literally) tossed the pattern aside onto a pile of my husband's old dress shirts (I've been picking them out of the goodwill pile for a while now, just waiting for the right repurposing project).  Later on, when I went to fetch the pattern amidst that pile of tailored goodness, I figured hey, what the heck?  And with that, steam {hunk} was born ;)

Seeing this last week definitely helped rekindle the flame ;)  Thanks Jennifer!

Of course, once I realized that I was actually going to make something out of those old shirts... I immediately needed more.  So... I may or may not have encouraged a few more select donations to the resident charity pile ;)  I mean... it's still for a good cause... right?

Loving the change of pace that comes with working with such inherently masculine fabrics.  And the constant reminder of how much my husband really does love plaid ;)

Linking up with Lee!  So have you caught the steam punk bug yet?!