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chocolatepotMy BACK. I have a hot water bottle on it and I took an ibuprofen, but it aches. Better than a lot of people's cramps, but I never really enjoy it.
I need to put the bib-front away for a bit and get cracking on everyday sewing. (I also have to think - do I want to shorten the sleeves? June is pretty warm.) Mainly this comes down to:
- Get some crepe-de-chine and make more slips. My charmeuse ones are falling apart: mostly this is because the seams keep popping, particularly in the half-slip, which is a 1/4 circle and definitely too full, but the full slip is absolutely shredded just in front of the left armpit. I think it's got to do with my hooking my thumb under my purse strap in the summer. The warps are too shifty! I'm concerned that crepe will be too staticky but I guess I'll find out. I still have a bunch of off-white charmeuse in case this doesn't work out.
- Make a coat out of the green Pendleton wool Gramma gave me. This is scary because the only outerwear I've ever made was a spencer, and frankly it wasn't very good. But my black wool coat, which has never really fit me (#tweenyblues), just ... still doesn't fit me, but even worse, and the main button I use is under so much strain, it's bad. I kind of want it to be a cute fitted hip-length jacket so that skirt-squishing isn't an issue, but if there's enough wool I'll put a skirt on it. We'll see, we'll see.
- Alter my Brooklyn shirtdress and Secretary pants, because they're just sitting around uselessly! The pants need about 1' cut off the bottom and a couple of darts put in the back waist; the dress is going to be a bit complicated (#TWEENYBLUES), and I also need to buy a belt for it.
I need to put the bib-front away for a bit and get cracking on everyday sewing. (I also have to think - do I want to shorten the sleeves? June is pretty warm.) Mainly this comes down to:
- Get some crepe-de-chine and make more slips. My charmeuse ones are falling apart: mostly this is because the seams keep popping, particularly in the half-slip, which is a 1/4 circle and definitely too full, but the full slip is absolutely shredded just in front of the left armpit. I think it's got to do with my hooking my thumb under my purse strap in the summer. The warps are too shifty! I'm concerned that crepe will be too staticky but I guess I'll find out. I still have a bunch of off-white charmeuse in case this doesn't work out.
- Make a coat out of the green Pendleton wool Gramma gave me. This is scary because the only outerwear I've ever made was a spencer, and frankly it wasn't very good. But my black wool coat, which has never really fit me (#tweenyblues), just ... still doesn't fit me, but even worse, and the main button I use is under so much strain, it's bad. I kind of want it to be a cute fitted hip-length jacket so that skirt-squishing isn't an issue, but if there's enough wool I'll put a skirt on it. We'll see, we'll see.
- Alter my Brooklyn shirtdress and Secretary pants, because they're just sitting around uselessly! The pants need about 1' cut off the bottom and a couple of darts put in the back waist; the dress is going to be a bit complicated (#TWEENYBLUES), and I also need to buy a belt for it.
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Date: 2019-02-28 12:33 pm (UTC)I wish I could make my own clothes. Sadly, my fingers laugh at me. :P