I bought some new summer bottoms a few weeks ago because my non-jeans drawer was a bit empty except for shorts I don't like wearing to work. (It has been about 10 years since I've needed anything but jeans at work because I have been working inside where others set the ac to meat locker temperatures.) Of course, everything I bought seems to need some sort of alteration.
This pair of capris (actually more of a toreador length, but everything that isn't shorts or full length pants is always labeled capris these days) was 7.5" too long and just pulled everything down visually. I prefer more pedal-pushers length just below my knee - keeps me from looking squatty.
I've held on to a favorite old pair that no longer fits (someday I plan to make a pattern from them) and I decided to copy the hem detail with a twill draw-string. It's a nice detail that keeps a straight leg from looking too big because it can be drawn up slightly.
I chopped off my new pair leaving an inch and a half for turning. Then I turned & pressed, stitched some buttonholes for the drawstrings, and inserted the drawstrings before stitching the final hem. Then I pulled the drawstrings as tightly as I could before spreading it back out to where I wanted it and tied bows. So much better!
It was 108°F today and felt like 115° - August-temps are early and brutal this year. (Last summer was wonderfully cool compared to normal.) I need to hurry up and alter the other summer pants I bought!
#alterations
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
Nice slow Saturday moving triangles from one pile to another after voting this morning. I have pumpkin pies to make later for tomorrow's church potluck (Octoberfest/Reformation day celebration).
#epp
Bernadette has a "tips for buying fabric online" vid (and a previous vid on fabric weights from last week) up. The excel sheet she's put up looks useful.
IME - you get what you pay for. Every time I've bought a "bargain" fabric online I have regretted it.
I went drooling online yday and now I feel a need to go to BBlacks&Son in person but I will need a bodyguard. -sigh- They have (or, at least they used to have) a lot of fabrics that don't get on their website. Yummy, historic store... anyway, I digress.
I’m trying to figure out if I should do something to jazz up this very grandpa-looking cardigan I’m currently sewing. Maybe this was the wrong fabric to do a tie front/shawl collar with! But since this fabric came from my last year’s birthday mystery bundle, I want to try to see this through. The options I’ve played with so far are some kind of embellishment from my huge vintage button stash (I think the white ones are too ivory-yellow tone to work, but the darker ones could be interesting if I can figure out a better configuration), or trim (picture 3), or some kind of embroidery or scrap denim flowers or something? (no sample). Or I could take the collar off entirely? I need to figure out the edge finishing either way, because I forgot to cut the facing pieces (thanks Big 4) and I’m piecing together scraps to see what I can come up with. I also had to piece the collar and back it with a piece of jersey because I really did not have enough yardage to make anything useful to ...
