Collar

Slow, so slow. I was hoping to have it done to take to group tomorrow. Oh, well, next week.

My latest t-shirt has a neckline bound with fold-over elastic (FOE). I’m really liking this binding style. It’s so easy. I don’t measure anything. Stretching the FOE as I go, I apply it to the neckline; I do stretch it tighter around the tight curve at the bottom of the neckline. When I return to centerback, that’s it. Very easy.

I think it comes out looking really nice.

Well, the latest one is cut out and ready to go. Isn’t that a delish pink. I should look smashing in it.

So my latest t-shirt is almost finished. I don’t have the current picture, with the sleeves and bodice hemmed, but you get a good idea from this. I’m not wild about that flower in the almost center front, but at least it’s not a boob bulls-eye.

I haven’t done the closure. That is, it’s pinned shut. I think I’m going to put in snaps, the sew in type, but I’m not sure. I’ll let you know when I decide.

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I know you’ve just been dying to see my orange t-shirts. Here they are in all their orange glory. I should do a page (a new feature of this blog software) on the evolution of my t-shirt because this really isn’t Kwik Sew 2565 any more. I think I’m going to scoop the neckline out even more, and I don’t have the neckband length right. It’s too long. Of course, that is trial and error since I’m redrafting the neckline.

This is Judy Garland. The roses are beautiful, but this isn’t a good rose for a hot climate. She does great in the spring, but she’s a sad looking bush in the summer and fall.

So what do you think of my new blog? I haven’t decided on the “theme” or blogskin for it. This one is cute, but there are others that I like, too. And I could try to recreate the blogskin from blogger. Or I suppose I could mix and match to get one that reflects me. I’m not sure if I’m going to move my old archives or not.

On the sewing front, I haven’t done much. I made a couple of t-shirts in May, and I have images to post of those. I’m working on Jalie 971. I’m using “dance” fabric for the toile. It might be the first toile. I made my
Kwik Sew tank suit from the same fabric; it held up fine to the chlorine. This time, I ran out of the first color, a dark turquoise, and had to use lime green for the lining. It’s an interesting combination. I lined the whole thing, and I still need to sew the shoulders and sides and put in the elastic. Oh, I made size BB right out of the package, no alterations. This suit has a Y back, so I’m not concerned about it falling off my shoulders. I think it’s going to be too high cut for me in the legs, but we shall see.

I wore Kwik Sew 2529 chafe guard. It’s out of silkweight powerdry. It’s too big, well not too big, but it’s not as snug as I’d like it. I think I will lengthen the legs a tad more if I make it again. And I probably won’t make it out of powerdry. It wasn’t more comfortable than the RTW version that I have out of nylon/spandex. I think I would rather have the tighter (hold it in) fit in a spandex fabric or a cotton knit with or without spandex. I posted a review at pattern review.

On the gardening front, I’m clearing out a few years of overgrowth in the backyard. It’s interesting to me to note the difference in not only what I have energy to do, but what I want to do, now that I’m on 200 mg/day of Zoloft. I haven’t been sewing or sitting at the computer as much; I’ve cooked and gardened. So I’m more peppy, and my interested have changed.

On the eating disorder front, I dunno. It’s going to be a long, hard road. I wasn’t logging my food, so this week, I’ve made a concerted effort to do it at CalorieKing. I just don’t believe that I’m going to get well as long as I’m this overweight. I look at the number on the scale, and I think, “I have got to lose weight.”

After 2 fitting toiles, I decided it was time to cut out DH’s windpro sweatshirt. Of course, I got the pieces cut out and decided I wanted to work on my jean jacket instead of the sweatshirt. I need to ask DH which side he wants out, too.

I have 1 1/3 yards left. I wonder what I can do with that? Sure I could make something for the kiddos, but I’d like to use the windpro for me.

I worked a little on KS 3222.

Chunguita likes to go thru my fabric swatches. She used to like knits and stretch wovens because they have stretch, but this time when we got to the silk jersey, I told her that they were made from the cocoons of the silk worms that they had at daycare. She found this fascinating, so I pulled out my silk swatches and we looked at those. She was particularly fond of an iridescent fuchsia dupioni. I debated letting her take the swatch book to daycare for show and tell and decided against suggesting it. Perhaps if she asks, I’ll let her take it.