Well, I tried the first of the two Hot Patterns I bought. I'm not impressed.
They seem to run 2-3 sizes too big and to be drafted for someone 6 feet tall. I'm close to the measurements of the smallest size on the size chart and it was enormous (see pics 6 & 7 before I started altering)! I had to chop off 5 inches of length! I took in the side seams so the sleeves didn't start at my waist. I even had to take 2 inches of width off the waistband! I lengthen the cuffs because I wanted full length sleeves (also had to narrow them quite a bit though).
In the end, I was able to make it work, but it's just meh. I doubt I'll make another one. It's comfortably slouchy, so I'll probably wear it even though I don't love it. I'm just trying to decide if I want to give it a little shaping on the front seams before it moves to my closet.
#hotpatterns aren't so hot even thought they claim to be the "best sewing patterns in the world." Yeah no.
I spent the day priming things for paint and then I remembered to shoot a quick video. #SewingStudioBuild
I started cutting all the edges while Janet was away yesterday morning. When she got back after lunch, she pulled out a roller and started filling in. I'll put a pic below in the comments. #SewingStudioBuild
We broke for lunch and then came back with a portal ac unit plugged in to an extention cord from the house. Can't wait until they finished hooking up all the electrical and we have the mini split cooling the room for us - it was stupid humid today! #SewingStudioBuild
I finally finished the quilt for my daughter. I couldn’t take pictures of the entire thing (her room is a disaster zone), but here’s some of the patchwork and the embroidered square I made because I ended up being one short. I did learn that I’m going to need to find a better way to lay out any future quilts that are twin sized or larger, because I had to keep shifting it around the slightly too small area of our basement carpet and the backing ended up getting doubled up in multiple places. By the time I discovered it, I couldn’t bring myself to unpick that much of the quilting, so it’ll have to stay. But I think it’s going to be awhile before I do any more quilts. Between this and the patchwork jeans (which I did end up having to shorten some), I’m feeling burned out on big projects for now. I did cut out a basic knit tee, so hopefully that’ll be enough of a palate cleanser to get me over the lack of motivation to sew that I was feeling by the end of this.
