sewing
Tuesday Project Roundup: Making It Happen
Tuesday Project Roundup: Done!
Tuesday Project Roundup: Look!!
Tuesday Project Roundup: (Glacial) Progress
Tuesday Project Roundup: There Are No Sewing Machines In Campgrounds
Tuesday Project Roundup: Accessories
I made my mom a scarf for her birthday. She’s really hard to buy for and making her something requires that she like it (it’s a Mom Law), so it seemed like a good idea. Besides, accessories are a pretty flexible gift.
I used two-thirds of the Liberty prints from last week and followed this tutorial, just making the square a little smaller. There was a lot of hand sewing to finish but it went pretty quickly.
Tuesday Project Roundup: "It Never Goes Bad."
My old roommate used to stockpile things like soap and laundry detergent and use the rationale of “it doesn’t expire!”. Similarly, I use that line to justify stockpiling fabric, even when I’m too busy to really sew.
Yes, this is more Liberty of London. It never goes bad!
Tuesday Project Roundup: Almost
So yet again, a leopard-print knit dress has not turned out the way I pictured it. But on the bright side, I think I can fix it.
Here it is with the skirt attached. See how the top part blouses out above the waistband and the skirt a little?
Yeah, that effect is being accomplished with pins right now.
Since my fabric is a knit, I didn’t take into consideration the fact that a knit waistband would stretch. Without pins, the waistband slides down and pulls the top down with it, giving the whole thing a much straighter, drop-waisted effect:
But as I said, I think I have a fix for this: I’ll add some elastic in a channel behind the waistband to keep things where they should be…just not this week. You can only struggle so much with something, right?
Tuesday Project Roundup: Half A Roar
Well, all my hopes for more time to work on this leopard knit kind of got blown out of the water last week and into the weekend, but I did manage to make some progress before then:
The pattern I’m using is for a woven, not a knit, but I the only modification I’m making for the knit is I’m leaving off the side zipper, as a knit should stretch enough to pull it over my head. I’m happy to report “so far, so good” on the fit.
Now it just needs the skirt. Surely I can find time to attach two rectangles to this top, right?*
(*This is where you say, “I don’t know. And don’t call me Shirley!“)