Niece1 has a birthday coming up, and after a few "what does she want for her birthday?" texts to my sister, I finally got a request for something I should be able to make in time. I'm trying a new-to-me pattern brand because this is the sling style backpack she chose.
The instructions look decent at first glance (lots of photo step-by-step) but I have to admit I'm a little annoyed by the "rough draft" feel of the pattern pieces - lots of random dips and points instead of smooth curves and lines. So I'm cleaning up the pieces and smoothing everything out before I do anything else. And just from walking the pieces together, I can tell the corrections will make for easier assembly in the end. I know it's possible to correct for things like this as you sew, but why not do it in the first place and save yourself the fiddling required later?
#bagmaking #CloudsplitterBags #SummitPack
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
More on the Michael's purchase of JoAnn. "Ever-expanding" plus it went on to say they will be carrying sewing machines, notions, and thread in stores. And there was a 50% off one item coupon - let me know if any of you need that.
I'm kind of surprised I have to sign up for emails (not sure if I want to yet) considering how many companies sell email lists.
I finally finished the patchwork jeans! @SewBrooke , the elastic in the waistband suggestion worked brilliantly. I ended up taking it as close to the button/buttonholes as I could, because the waistband I originally picked had the buttons on the wrong side and I had to piece it together/the second waistband was also collapsed in from wear. I really don’t know why, I checked against all of my jeans and I did put the fly on the correct side! Anyway, it’s done, and I’ll be happy to come up with a project that takes much less time. After I clean up the leftover bits— it looks like I used 7 pairs of jeans/shorts, so I have a lot of tops and leftover leg/waistband scraps!
