Does anyone under 30 wear anything but a sports bra these days?? I'm so tired of sewing for girls who don't wear anything but stretchy loungewear because their measurements never make sense!
Janet and I are going to be building 10 strapless gowns for a local debutant event, and I got all the measurements (& photos) a few days ago. I made the mistake of putting them all in a spreadsheet last night before bed so I could see how many sizes I might need to start with for a base pattern.
So of course, the wacky sports bra distortions were all my brain could focus on correcting for when I was trying to go to sleep. Four of the girls have overbust measurements that are bigger than their full bust measurements. Arg. Stupid annoying sports bras!
Luckily, seven girls are nearly the same size and very close to my measurements. So this morning, I think I have been able to extrapolate pretty accurate bra sizes for all of them after measuring myself in my normal bra, no bra, and in a built-in bra tank top. (In the tank, I get a one inch larger overbust compared to full bust too.) But good grief, it shouldn't be this hard!
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!
