I took a chance and ordered an ivory colored blazer from Kohl's because I had a 40% off discount and was getting some basics for my husband. I was really expecting to end up returning it, but it fits surprisingly well and the proportions are decent!
It just needs a good steam and I need to pop the tailor tack on the back vent & open the pockets to push the flaps inside to make it less "hippy" on me. The sleeves are probably about half an inch too long, but I don't think I care enough to alter them.
But I hate the high-contrast plastic button it came with. So I went digging in my stash and found two decent options. Both are plastic but metallic gold finish. The square is super shiny and the round swirl is more matte finish. What's your vote? (poll below pics)
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!
