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
I draped a really rough half-scale ruffle tail for one of the debutant dresses Janet & I are making. I just eyeballed and freehand cut a scrap of (un-ironed) muslin in a spiral and pinned it to my little dress form to make sure it was long enough to reach from hem to waist. Then I marked the folds and traced it onto graph paper and cleaned it up. The graph paper makes it easier to copy at 200% and tape the pieces back together.
I'll transfer the enlarged frankenstein paper pattern to brown paper when I'm back at the studio tomorrow or Friday and then make it out of the real fabric.
#ruffle #fiestabuild
I made 2 of these valentine garlands. Found the tutorial via Instagram and thought it would be perfect to send to Ashley, my daughter in Oregon, and Madison, my birth daughter in North Carolina.
Pics are from Ashley.
