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
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!
