cut the fabric, sewed the skirt, put in the zipper, pinned up the hem and gently folded it and put it in the corner. 2 months ago. I've shifted it from corner to corner, refolded it, carried to the living room. But did not hem it. No reason, really. Just didn't do it. Well, Nike, tonight I just did it. Whew!And I hemmed the skirt I made on Friday.
So I have 2 TWO new garments in my closet.And, the hardest, I tossed the BWOF cross top I started, November? October?, with the Spandex House fabric. 
It just turned out huge. Part of it was a poor match of fabric to pattern - my fabric was way stretchier than the pattern required. When I tried it on, it just hung off me. I wadded it up and thought about it for a while. I pulled it out Saturday thinking maybe I could put a seam in the back and make it fit (not sure how that was going to fix the baggy sleeves, but I figured I work on that next...), but it appears that I have a sleeve missing. No idea where the thing went. There's no place for it to have gone. I haven't thrown away any scraps (trust me on this), but it's gone. Still I didn't toss it. Even with the sleeve hole that comes down past the bottom of my bra. But tonight I did. I carried it to the trash room and shoved it down the chute. Whew! It just needed to go.
It just turned out huge. Part of it was a poor match of fabric to pattern - my fabric was way stretchier than the pattern required. When I tried it on, it just hung off me. I wadded it up and thought about it for a while. I pulled it out Saturday thinking maybe I could put a seam in the back and make it fit (not sure how that was going to fix the baggy sleeves, but I figured I work on that next...), but it appears that I have a sleeve missing. No idea where the thing went. There's no place for it to have gone. I haven't thrown away any scraps (trust me on this), but it's gone. Still I didn't toss it. Even with the sleeve hole that comes down past the bottom of my bra. But tonight I did. I carried it to the trash room and shoved it down the chute. Whew! It just needed to go.That leaves a Vogue brown velvet top that my machine just didn't like. 
I got lots of skipped stitches and it just wasn't going together well. I'm going to give it one more try on my Singer - it has a single needle throat plate - before it goes, too. Time to move on. If it ain't fittin', it just ain't fittin'.
I got lots of skipped stitches and it just wasn't going together well. I'm going to give it one more try on my Singer - it has a single needle throat plate - before it goes, too. Time to move on. If it ain't fittin', it just ain't fittin'.Which brings me to the shorts I tossed on Saturday and the hideous Vogue dress
from over a year ago. Done.
from over a year ago. Done.
Wow, BeeBee, if you run out of things to throw away at your house you can come to mine. I went on a major binge this weekend. Threw out a bunch of stuff and burned some more in the fireplace. Spring cleaning early maybe? K
ReplyDeleteKaren,
ReplyDeleteI guess this does answer your question when I bought that fabric at Spandex House. You asked me "what are you ever going to do with that"? The answer? "Toss it down the trash chute."
Isn't it a good feeling when you finish a UFO? After I finish my Swap, I swear I'm not sewing anything new until I've finished all my summer UFO's.Good luck finding your sleeve.
ReplyDeleteIt feels so good to get them made up and away from the the "to do" list, a liberating feeling.
ReplyDeleteHappy "belated" Valentine's:-)