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October 10, 2006
collars and cuffs
Today, I finished a shirt. I had envisioned this shirt, Simplicty 4112, to be The New Shirt: the pattern of my dreams that I could remake over and over again. So far, I have not discovered the Pattern, the holy grail of clothing design, in any style or item. Usually, I make things once and figure that is enough. There is a point in all crafting where I wish I was done already. Luckily, this is usually pretty close to the end. With this pattern I thought I was done several times before the actual end came. The saddest part was with the buttonholes on the cuffs. I could not, for the life of me, figure out why my tension was all wonky. Only when I had said, "fuck it," and decided that one bad looking buttonhole would not be the death of me, did I realize that the thread was near the end of the spool and that was messing everything up. The main buttonholes came out fine, but I am going to avoid at all costs undoing the cuff buttons lest someone spy my shoddy work and shoot me a "Tsk, tsk" of derision. They look ok closed and that is about all I can ask for at this point. I always seem to do complicated things that I have never done before during the throes of PMS. Also, I always expect to do everything perfectly the first time. ESPECIALLY during PMS, when the let down is the worst. Well, the thing is wearable and thus it was worth it. Not all projects are so lucky.
The shirt itself is actually really cute. I will probably opt for the short sleeved version next time (maybe in an all-over cherry print on navy blue??), saving myself some heartache. I used this fabric I had planned for a sewing machine cozy for the el huge-o Kenmore, but that is currently residing in my closet and thus does not currently require a cozy. Also, I bought about a trillion yards of this stuff. It is black and gray with circles that are actually the tops of thread spools. Very cute, but in the wrong hands it could be Bad-Granny-core. Currently, it is Hip-Granny-core and I like it very much. Tomorrow I will have J take a picture. What's that you say? J is in Boston?? Why yes! And so too will I be tomorrow at 11:00 AM!! The 7AM flight may in fact kill me, but oh so worth it to play WoW in person with my muffin brains. Err and do other things that actually require physical presence as well, of course...
In other crafting news, I started a cute jacket pattern with some fabric that I got a whole ton of in VA. Sadly, this one is being shelved for now since the loose-weave of the fabric means that I will either have to deal with a stretched out sloppy coat or interface every single one of the bazillion pieces. (Do you really need to have 6 pieces for the front? I mean really...) I may attempt a jacket in Amy Butler Forest Pods at some point, but then it may get way too cold to even think of anything but my gigantor down coat here soon...
It is supposed to snow here tomorrow. How absurd! It was 80 the other day. Boston will be rainy, but in about the 60s. I have neither done laundry, nor dishes, nor packed, nor done homework today. Finishing that shirt was accomplishment enough, though I had better get started on more mundane things so that I can depart for my flight on time. I have to catch the bus at 5:15. I haven't been up at 5:15 in years, let alone ready by such an unearthly hour. The sun doesn't even rise for two hours! Guess I will have to pack warm. Maybe I will finish that sweater jacket on the way...
Posted by loyd0008 at October 10, 2006 8:26 PM
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My husband looked up the weather in St. Cloud (where his family still lives) and we were shocked that snow was predicted- I guess we've been away from MN for too long. Have a wonderful time in Boston!
Posted by: Susan at October 11, 2006 9:45 AM
how about pinning ( or better temp-glue with spray glue from machine embroidery ) the loose weaved fabric onto pre-washed muslin, then pinning the pattern on top, cut it out generously and zig-zag around the pattern?
Posted by: tini at October 11, 2006 9:53 AM