Book Confusion

The book on the left is a book I got from the library. The book on the right is one I bought online a while ago. Until I opened 'Dress in Detail' I thought they were different books, but it turns out they're just different editions of the same book, and I have the newer one.

Has this ever happened to you?

That Damn Skirt

This skirt is still going. I think I've got the darts just about right, but I'm going to have to make one up in a thicker fabric to see if it works in a better analog for the final project.

I just hope it's over soon. Given how often I change weight, it might not fit by the time I finish it.

A New Fitting Project

I spent yesterday planning for today's sewing class. The skirt should be finished quite early and one the pattern works I'm going to make myself a skirt at home before playing with the pattern, so I'll need something new to do.

One of the projects I set out for myself in the next few months is an underbust corset, and I already have a pattern for it, I just need to do the fitting.

I measured a size 18 underbust, a 20 waist, and a 22 hip. Not unusual for me. When I copied off the pattern I blended between the three sizes. I just hope it works.

The pieces are all cut out in white cotton now, I just need to mark the seam allowances and sew them together.

Finished Trousers and Sunday Reading

I managed to finish the trousers on Saturday, but with a 7 1/4 inch reduction in length. I didn't realise my legs were that short. I don't have a good picture of me in them yet but tomorrow at my sewing class I'll ask if someone will take one.

I wasn't able to blog yesterday because I left my laptop at my flat when I went to my parents house. I spent a couple of hours on mum's cross stitch and then read Fantastic Fashion cover to cover. It's an interesting book, and it makes me glad that today's ideals of beauty don't require the breaking of bones.

Sewing To Clothe Myself

My Trousers are almost finished. I just need to sew the sides from the mid hips down, hem them, and sew down the inside hemline. Then put the button on.

I guess they aren't almost finished. Huh.

I Really Need Some Trousers...

This morning I found one pair of trousers that I can get to do up, but yesterday I had none and I do still need something to wear.

I had planned to make some black wool trousers but I haven't gotten around to pre-shrinking the fabric and the situation is getting desperate. With that in mind, yesterday I cut out the pattern pieces for a pair of digital camo trousers. I've only used this pattern for shorts so I think I might have to shorten it but I just need to get it done at the moment. :-P

Progress

I've been working on little projects since my last post, and forgot to line up a post for yesterday so I'll just dump it on you in one go. :-)

Firstly, I clipped loads of those little pills you get on wool off of my favorite coat. I love that coat, it's a Juju & Christine one that I bought at the Whitby Goth Weekend, but it's a few years old and it's showing it's age. It's lost some buttons and the faux leather bit that anchors one of the toggles has lost it's black top surface and is now just the dark beige knit fabric base. I need to get around to fixing this coat! :-P

I also sorted out this box of books and took out the ones I wanted to keep. The ones shown here are going to the charity shop next time I pass through town.

The trough on my windowsill is sprouting! I borrowed a drill from my dad this Sunday so I can add holes in the big outside pots to let them drain. The empty ones were easy but the one I had already filled was a bit more tricky. I propped it up on the garden wall and when I broke through with the drill about a litre of water came dribbling out. There's a good chance the daffodils have drowned in the three-ish weeks it took me to get around to doing that. :-(

And here is my project from the sewing class. It's a basic straight skirt toil that I'm getting help filling perfectly. I probably need one more lesson to get it perfect and then I'm going to build other skirt patterns that fit using this as a base. It's been most enlightening at the back, because I've never had a good look back there so I don't know how well or badly things fit. It didn't come as a surprise I had a swayback, though.