Okay!

[chocolatepot]

The first real challenge of my vow to make my clothes: I need to wear a white top and black on the bottom for the concert on Sunday (which kind of crept up on me), and I don't have any of my black skirts here, just the black skirt with white rose doodles - nixed by the director - and the one with grey stripes - approved, but I had described it as "pinstriped" and when I got home I realized that it's way heavier than that, and of course it also has that hot pink lining. What I had was an irregular piece of vintage black wool left over from when Mom made pants for a teenage boy's costume, and a box of patterns. It was hard, because my style tends to longer hems, but I found a pattern for a short pencil skirt and cut out the pieces. I have all the first steps pinned together, and tomorrow after work I'll do as much sewing as I can. Unfortunately it will be black on black and my sewing area is poorly lit (treadles don't really have lights attached), and I'm working Saturday, so it's all going to be difficult. But I'm determined!

Every time I make something, there's always so much confusion about pattern sizes. I'm pretty sure I've decided that 12 is the correct one across the board when I'm not doing an FBA (then I cut a 10 in the chest). Hopefully it fits! Imagine my chagrin if it does not!