Over the week I spent a little time each evening sewing the binding onto my quilted jacket and hand sewing it down. I finished the last bit on Thursday evening. I put the jacket on the dress making form so the creases from holding it to stitch the bindinT could drop out. This jacket is so cute. The pattern is from The great British Sewing Bee,The modern Wardrobe by Juliet Uzor. The book came with a pack of the patterns for the items in the book. So far this is the only item I have made from it. I'm very happy with the jacket and I will be wearing it when John and I go to the theatre next week.
My second finish was the blouse I had been sewing. I worked on this on Friday. In my head I thought I had very little to do on it but I needed to do the hem, hem the sleeves and do the buttonholes on the placket. It took much longer than I had thought but finally it was done. The pattern is by Sew different and the owner also designed the fabric.
In making this blouse I took my time, I made french seams as the fabric is very light. I measured carefully expecially when completing the hem and the sleeves. It fits really well.
I haven't done very much dressmaking recently and I was worried they wouldn't fit properly or I wouldn't like them once made. I spent some time making pattern alterations so they woud fit me properly and I didn't hurry the process. I'm not in a rush to make any more clothing items for a while as I want to focus on the Red Manor House quilt and the Japanese style quilt. I am slowly making the arcs for the double wedding ring quilt as well.I decided with that quilt to make all the arcs before moving on to the next step.
Over the week I also had a small disaster when I started knitting my socks. I eventually found a sock pattern using double ended needles that made sense to me. I had decided on the size I needed to knit and the skein had already been rolled into a ball. I started one evening earlier in the week. I had knitted several rows and I put it down as dinner was ready. Unfortunately I didn't put it in my knitting bag as I intended doing some more nitting later. Enter one large yorkshire terrier named Twiglet. My knitting was on the chair and he decided to sit with it. Somehow when he got up he pulled it off the chair and then got caught up with it. Stitches were pulled off the needles and he had the yarn wrapped around his legs. I rescued him and the knitting but I need to start it again. Not a major problem but annoying. Message to self ... always put knitting away in the bag it's safer for the knitting and the dog!
Tomorrow I'm not working as I covered an open day on Saturday. In the morning I have some work I need to get finished but in the afternoon I will get on with the appliques for the quilt blocks.
Take care
Lyndsey
