... are not meant for sewing!!
Yesterday night went from disappointment to disappointment. At first, it seemed a perfect evening for sewing: I had accomplished some good work and felt I could spend an evening sewing without feeling I should be working instead. Seb was away celebrating his new Doctor title with friends from his lab, and I had decided to skip the occasion as hearing a bunch of scientists talk about theoretical biology over drinks without understanding 10% of what they were saying, was not exactly my idea of fun.
I wanted to work on my Autumn-Winter 07/08 wardrobe (my plan is to have lots of blacks, a bit of white/grey, and just a touch of colour)
First, I wanted to finish the Miss Moneypenny skirt. It was already cut and half assembled from a previous evening. Well, Twollin, it's a pity your comment came after the skirt was cut and half sewn - because the problem you described is exactly what happened. (but, of course, thank you for taking the time to leave your helpful advice!) The skirt fits through the hips and waist, but the brocade fabric has so little give that you can hardly walk with it. Although the idea of a brocade skirt sounded smart, it didn't work at all with that specific fitted style. For now, I have hurled the skirt into a drawer where it will doubtless sleep for months. And, as per Twollin's very helpful advice (thanks again) I need to find a lighter fabric with perhaps some slight stretch to it. Which of course, I do not have.
I refused to call it a day and decided to go back to a pair of pants I started before going to my conference, a couple of weekends ago. Another one from HotPatterns, which I'm really enjoying making. I'm making them in the same fabric as the Indémodable dress.
Trouble is, Seb decided to "tidy up" my sewing stuff while I was away at said conference. I looked for more than an hour, but couldn't find the waistband's back piece - neither the interfaced fabric piece nor the lining, which I'd pinned together and put on top of the project pile before I left. Seb probably thought those were mere scraps of fabric that he could get rid of. Of course, I'm not sure I have enough fabric left to cut another.
Needless to say, I wasn't in the best of moods when he got home! I do hope he can find the "scraps" today...
This got me to wonder, do you have similar frustrating experiences to share?
Yesterday night went from disappointment to disappointment. At first, it seemed a perfect evening for sewing: I had accomplished some good work and felt I could spend an evening sewing without feeling I should be working instead. Seb was away celebrating his new Doctor title with friends from his lab, and I had decided to skip the occasion as hearing a bunch of scientists talk about theoretical biology over drinks without understanding 10% of what they were saying, was not exactly my idea of fun.
I wanted to work on my Autumn-Winter 07/08 wardrobe (my plan is to have lots of blacks, a bit of white/grey, and just a touch of colour)
First, I wanted to finish the Miss Moneypenny skirt. It was already cut and half assembled from a previous evening. Well, Twollin, it's a pity your comment came after the skirt was cut and half sewn - because the problem you described is exactly what happened. (but, of course, thank you for taking the time to leave your helpful advice!) The skirt fits through the hips and waist, but the brocade fabric has so little give that you can hardly walk with it. Although the idea of a brocade skirt sounded smart, it didn't work at all with that specific fitted style. For now, I have hurled the skirt into a drawer where it will doubtless sleep for months. And, as per Twollin's very helpful advice (thanks again) I need to find a lighter fabric with perhaps some slight stretch to it. Which of course, I do not have.
I refused to call it a day and decided to go back to a pair of pants I started before going to my conference, a couple of weekends ago. Another one from HotPatterns, which I'm really enjoying making. I'm making them in the same fabric as the Indémodable dress.Trouble is, Seb decided to "tidy up" my sewing stuff while I was away at said conference. I looked for more than an hour, but couldn't find the waistband's back piece - neither the interfaced fabric piece nor the lining, which I'd pinned together and put on top of the project pile before I left. Seb probably thought those were mere scraps of fabric that he could get rid of. Of course, I'm not sure I have enough fabric left to cut another.
Needless to say, I wasn't in the best of moods when he got home! I do hope he can find the "scraps" today...
This got me to wonder, do you have similar frustrating experiences to share?
I promise to be back with a more interesting post later today... :)
Have a GREAT weekend everyone.
Have a GREAT weekend everyone.
10 comments:
First of all, congratulations to Seb!!!
How frustrated you must have been with your sewing troubles. :( One should never tidy up things you don't know about (not sure I'm very clear so I'd better go back to french LOL). Je disais donc qu'on ne devrait jamais ranger les affaires des autres surtout lorsque l'on ne sait pas toujours de quoi il en retourne, même si on veut agir pour un bien...
J'espère que tu vas pouvoir remettre la main sur les pièces manquantes.
Gros bisous et bon week-end :)
Dear Isabelle,
Thats sounds like a very familiar story LOL! Although in my case it I who puts things away and can't find it ha..ha...
Hope the little bits turn up for you to sew. Sorry to hear about the skirt but I am sure you will think up something to do with it.
Oh, Isabelle, I know exactly what you mean!
Most of my problems are caused by me, miscutting things, either not mirrored imaged or forgetting seam allowances or the wrong side of a fabric with very obvious sides.
If you can't find the waistbands, use this as a design opportunity and make contrast waistbands of another fabric. Don't forget that you can split that waistband into 4 pieces if you have to so that you can cut out of smaller leftover fabric pieces. You can also place the smaller pieces on the bias (fabric permitting) so that your waistband will have more give. If you can get the waistband out of the fashion fabric, then you'd only have to cut the facing out of something else. Just some thoughts - every sewing problem does have a creative solution!
Congratulations, Seb!!
And oh, so sorry about your sewing woes! Frustrating when a whole evening gets lost in misadventures like that.
Niek and I do not tidy up each other's stuff. We make a pile of it, put it in a safe place, and point that out. But no tossing away of anything, or reorganizing, etc. Uh-uh, no way! ;)
Sounds like something that happens in my home except I'm the one who loses pieces of fabric or pattern pieces. Congrats to Seb on obtaining his doctorate. Get a good night's sleep and then start again fresh. Happy Stitching!
Believe me I had (and still have) my share of bad sewing experiences! I totally understand your feelings. If you don't find the missing pieces, just go with Summerset's great idea! Contrasting waistbands! That sounds great!
Kisses from Portugal!!
I'm so sorry that your stitching evening turned out so frustrating. Since it is just me and the critters, I generally don't have things go missing or getting moved. However, if I don't pick up they seem to turn into kitty beds and I find I have to spend an incredible amount of time picking hair out of my current project. I sure hope you find the missing part of the pants.
Sue
Hello ma chère Isabelle ...
Tu sais, il y a parfois des jours comme ça ...
Quand la mouche Oust-Oust (une copine de la mouche Tsé-Tsé, mais qui donne la maladie du rangement au lieu de celle du sommeil ...) pique Rémi, il arrive aussi à me mettre un beau bazar, sauf que généralement il se contente d'empiler mes affaires dans un placard momentanément libre, puis d'en empiler d'autres par-dessus, si bien que je ne sais plus où les chercher ...
Je t'embrasse bien fort, et fais une centaine de caresses à la belle Lady Violet pour moi !
Oh my, what a disaster! I hope you were able to find the rest of the pieces, and enjoyed your weekend!
Oh I KNOW that feeling!!!! Hope you find the pieces!!
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