The beauty of a mockup is it doesn't take much time and you don't waste the nice fabric. Unfortunately, most projects die at the mockup stage (for me at least).
Right after my last post, I grabbed a scrap of muslin and started draping & drawing a hip-pack on myself. I worked out how big the pockets needed to be by drawing around an old gift card (I keep it in a notebook with my bag making patterns), my phone, and my hand while making sure they were all in places that didn't fight with leg bend and allowed for sitting. I also cut the edges to the angles I liked visually.
And that's when I decided a hip-pack was going to be overkill for this situation. So I'm going to pivot and make a slightly modernized 18th Century pocket instead (see last pic for an example). Afterall, there's going to be a "Dress like a Pirate Night" on the cruise.
I still want to make a pattern for a hip-pack like this because it will be perfect for things like a museum, fair, or concert when I don't want to carry a purse or backpack. But I think I'm going to put it aside for now.
#hippack
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
Merry Christmas, everyone!
If you're looking for something Christmasy to listen to/watch over the next few days, here's the most recent episode of my favorite podcast Blurry Creatures. It's a really fascinating (and nerdy) deep dive into the Biblical story of the Magi.
Two days after my son turned in his last paper for his bachelor's degree, I finished my shirt sewing project. Eight shirts, made to measure. Most of the fabrics are linen. Yes, regrettably you can tell exactly when I got my sewing machine repaired... but I hope these help him as he moves through his master's program and in life.
We had a very quiet Thanksgiving, and I'm doing palate cleansers between the shirts in my shirt gift project, so I ran through the scrap pile and made myself an apron.
Aprons, IME, should be made of thicker fabrics in order to actually prevent splashes and stains from getting to your real clothes. Both of these were skirt leftover bits :)
