Back on the 17th I set some bold goals to finish by New Year’s:
I thought it was time for a little progress report, seeing as how I only have a few days to go…
Paco’s Drape Collar Tunic– I sewed this up in an evening before Christmas. Though I had to get very creative in order to get long sleeves out of the 2m of sweater knit I bought… Note to self: Buy more yardage, or shorten the body length next time!Clover jeans– I just finished these! I’m totally loving the fit and the (IMHO) improved pockets, too.- Holly’s maternity maxi-dress, Burda 08/2008 #125 – Having no place to cut the fabric of the enormous skirt pieces, I actually took it along to work yesterday and cut it out on the big (and empty) lunch table at lunchtime! The few guys left in the office already think I’m weird anyway. Shrug. In any case, this is now ready to sew!
- Ruby Slip – I wanted to cut the skirt pieces at the same time I cut out the maxi dress, but the low table height was killing my back by the time I finished with the maxi dress. I don’t think this will take long to sew together if I can ever find somewhere to cut the single-layer, bias layout… A good cutting area is my new productivity choke point.
So there you have it – two down, two to go. If I’m looking at it objectively, the jeans and the maxidress are the most time consuming, so I’m halfway through on those, too.
We’ll take some photos of the cowl sweater and jeans at the weekend, but until then, I thought you might enjoy photos of Bosco “helping” me sew my jeans*.
God, I love my vintage hand-crank Singer for topstitching! It really is a beautiful piece of engineering…
*When in doubt, post cat photos.