Saturday

I had several sewing inspirations while swimming this morning. I have this wonderful jersey print which needs to be made into something. But, I have not been able to think of what. And then, this morning, I thought of two different 'what's this morning. I don't want to practise on my good stuff so I stopped at the fabric store on the way home from the pool to get some cheap fabric to try out my ideas on.

So that's what's on the agenda for today.

I think it's a great luxury to dream up something and then have the whole day and the resources to try out what you dreamed up.

I had a researcher, not long ago, ask me 'if money were no object, what would you buy first' and, you know what? I couldn't think of a thing. That coupled with freedom of time just equals one perfect life, if you ask me*. I am very grateful.

*of course, it also could be an indication of zero imagination... so there's that.

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Smoke break w/out cigs

My swim sewing revelations worked perfectly. I was working out 3 problems to solve.

1. What to do with that nice jersey I bought.
2. Easy t-shirt that fits.
3. Jacket pattern in something for summer.

So I used 2 to see if 1 might be the answer to 3. It is!

The pattern I made in the garment cloning class is my key.

I have a hard time getting tshirts to fit. I have gigundo hips and teeny weeny shoulders so to clear my hips, the shoulder seam falls about in line with my elbow and looks as bad as it sounds. And I wanted the bottom curved and I wanted it plain enough so that I could change it easily - more ease in the back for a trapese-y look, longer sleeves, collar, etc.

SO... tweaked the jacket pattern to turn it into a tshirt. NOTE how the shoulder fits perfectly???? And the nice curved hem? Then I made a pattern out of the new tshirt.



The tshirt also convinced me that the jersey will make an excellent jacket for summer. So I cut out all those pieces and might just put it together tomorrow.

I'm quite pleased with myself. This was the only decent knit the fabric store had or else I'd go right back and get more today. But, there are better knits and better deals online so I'll order. I'd like to have a few more nice tshirts.