And 2009 continues to be the year of fitting flubs...

[ladyofthethread]

Boy, I feel like a dunce. ._.; I cut out my fabric for a quick summer skirt last night and sewed for about an hour today before realizing it was too small. It was supposed to be a flared skirt with an elastic waistband and part of the problem was that the pattern called for 60” fabric and the stuff I wanted to use was 45”. There was a lot of ease in the hips and I found a smaller size would just fit my fabric when shortened 3”. Since the waistband was going to be elastic, I figured I didn’t need to worry much about it and forgot to make sure the measurement at the waistline would be large enough to get over my hips. -_-;; I haven’t got enough fabric left to try again with that pattern but could probably make a different skirt.

The extremes of my sewing this year seem laughable. I’ve managed to build my first corset, first panniers, and first hoopskirt. I made my phoenix prop in 3 weeks. I made Tamaki’s ballgown in 3 weeks. And yet I mess up on stupid stuff like this; this is the fourth garment where I’ve had fitting issues this year. o_O


On a more cheerful note, I finished my first project from the Omiyage book a few days ago. ^_^ It’s the pouch design titled “Candy Twist.” The pattern called for one light fabric, one dark fabric, and checkered fabric so I only picked the floral prints. (Colors are a bit murky in the pictures; it looks nicer in person.) I used more of the checkered fabric for lining and the bottom of the bag is gathered into a fabric-covered button. I want to try more stuff from that book and will probably do one of the flower-shaped pouches next.

Comments

[furubariceball.livejournal.com]

what a cute bag! ^^ It makes me wish I knew how to sew so I could make stuff like that XDD

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :-)

[sarcasm-hime.livejournal.com]

OMG that bag is fantastic! Now I'm tempted to get that book...I have so many fabric scraps that I can't bear to throw away.

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :-) I got new fabrics to use for my bag since I didn't have many prints on hand but the projects in the book are great for fabric scraps since they use such small amounts.

[gothic-lolita.livejournal.com]

My head hurts from trying to figure out the bag's structure o_O

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Looks complicated, huh? XD; I basically made a tube with the strips of different fabrics and then pleated it. The pleats are sewn down in one direction along the top and then flipped and sewn down in the opposite direction along the bottom to create the twist effect.