I decided to flatline the silk charmeuse to the poly satin lining for all the giant skirt pieces. It's a lot of extra prepwork, but I think it will save us a bunch of grief in the end. Using the wrong fabric for a project is always a pain.
I rolled out the poly satin and then rolled the charmeuse on top, wrong sides together. Then I traced the pattern pieces, pinned the layers together, cut, and hand basted together - all before moving the pieces.
The charmeuse is a little wrinkly from the roll (and I think we forgot to stream pre-shrink this one) but I'm over it and this dress gets a matching lilac satin faced organza overlay anyway, so I'm just going with it.
#cutting #fiestabuild
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 :)
