I only get to see them once a year -- maybe twice if I'm lucky -- and they will be here for 4 days over Christmas - YAY ME!!!! I'm not a 'mama's girl' or a 'daddy's girl', I'm just my parents BABY GIRL and I am so happy when they are near. Ahhhhh...
So I decided I need to get some things started sooner. I cut out all of the new-to-me patterns while catching up on Hell's Kitchen with my daughter, and on Friday, I muslined the Vogue top.
Well, this is what really happened:
Self #1: hmmm...do I REALLY need to muslin this?
Self #2: remember all those recent revelations about you and the tops you've sewn...
Self #1: yeah but look at how straightfoward this is...and the finished measurements look good.
Self #2: I don't know... it has that odd construction AND raglan sleeves...how will that work?
Self #1: Meh. It'll probably be fine.
Self #2: But you REALLY love that teal jersey...
Self #1: Ugh. FINE.
So into the knit scrap bin I went!
Bleh. LOL!
I don't dislike it, but there isn't enough room, Something funky is happening at the front raglan sleeve (too tight across the bust?) and in the few minutes I had it on I must have adjusted that cowl like 13 times.
I think I would love it a size bigger, with a rayon type knit, and tunic length. So I might make it again.
PLUS, I did not like the idea of it with cardigans. And that made me rethink the tops I chose and how they would layer. Minnesota = layering. Period.
So I changed things up a little bit. And chose a different cardigan with a "collar" and another shell vs. a top with sleeves. I need more solid colored shells anyway.
I am still quilting the quilt. It needs to be complete by Thursday morning. I did NOT quilt on Sunday and instead decided to start the "easy" knit projects.
Well, they went so fast! (YES L! THEY as in multiple! lol!!!!)
I was going to "sew the major seams" of M6996, M6078 and B5493. And ended up finishing the cardigan and the mustard top. B5493 still needs finishing.
I WILL muslin the Sandras this weekend.
Sneaky peeks, reviews of patterns to come!
(sorry for the toilet)
I don't dislike it, but there isn't enough room, Something funky is happening at the front raglan sleeve (too tight across the bust?) and in the few minutes I had it on I must have adjusted that cowl like 13 times.
I think I would love it a size bigger, with a rayon type knit, and tunic length. So I might make it again.
PLUS, I did not like the idea of it with cardigans. And that made me rethink the tops I chose and how they would layer. Minnesota = layering. Period.
So I changed things up a little bit. And chose a different cardigan with a "collar" and another shell vs. a top with sleeves. I need more solid colored shells anyway.
Same color scheme because I really like it
M6996 in animal print
M6078 in mustard
B5493 in teal
S1945 in the black/gold sweater knit
Belle: Still in white challis
Sandra: Still in denim
V9032: still in black suiting
Well, they went so fast! (YES L! THEY as in multiple! lol!!!!)
I was going to "sew the major seams" of M6996, M6078 and B5493. And ended up finishing the cardigan and the mustard top. B5493 still needs finishing.
I WILL muslin the Sandras this weekend.
Sneaky peeks, reviews of patterns to come!
here the cardigan is unfinished
finished!
