How's this for crazy timing? Exactly one year ago today, I made the mockup of the pattern I'm using for my #YearOfTheJacket and took these photos.
Overall, it isn't a bad fit, but it needed a lot of pattern adjustments, so it got put aside. (Later, I'll share the fitting photos from when I made some adjustments on the mockup.)
The main issues are:
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the sleeves are too short (but that's a 1966 design thing for gloves and bracelets)
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the sleeve caps are too far away from my shoulders because there is too much width in the upper body of the pattern
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the elbow ease is way too high as seen in last photo where I marked my actual elbow point with a penciled circle (it should hit right in the middle of the pins)
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and it just needs a little shaping in general
I plan to alter the paper pattern and make a second mockup in the next week or two. That way I can be sure there aren't any other big changes needed since the seamlines aren't standard and won't be easy to alter after the fashion fabric is cut.
#Vogue6552
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.
