Well, its been a few days, I have read a fair bit, so I'm not going to go into detail, mostly because I am too lazy to go back and figure it all out. BUT, most notably, I finally did read the new Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed. I made the mistake of coming to it around midnight, saying "I'll just read the first chapter. " Needless to say, I was up reading it until 4 am. I did not quite finish, but then I went back to reading it as soon as I woke up. That also means I have not gone on a walk Mon, Tue, or Wed morning because I threw off my sleep cycle. I'm hoping to get to sleep at a reasonable time again tonight, and then walk in the morning.
The exciting news for the week (for me at least) is that Monday evening, I started to bleed, and it continued heavily enough for me to consider it a "period", so I called the doctor, and I am going in to start monitoring for this next cycle. Hopefully it will not fizz out like the last one did. We will see, I don't want to get too excited.
Household - I am trying to adapt a new philosophy. There are a couple of things that Mike just refuses to do it "THE RIGHT WAY' (i.e., MY way). And they have, and continue to, infuriate me. (partial list, refuses to put dirty dishes into dishwasher, even when the dishwasher is sitting there empty and OPEN, refuses to put sponge/scrubber back into the hanging spaces for them (so they don't get disgusting and slimy),... ok, Im not going to list them because I feel my bloodpressue rising), but basically I am going to try to not let them get me so upset. Just take a deep breath and go on. Lets see how this works for me, but I think this will help me have a better life.
Anyway, because I messed up my sleep on Sunday/monday night, I felt sick (er - I was feeling much better) again on Monday and Tuesday, So I am very far behind in where I wanted to be with sewing. Well, also, because the first step was modifying patterns or just making new ones, I dithered. Thats what I do when I'm not entirely confident in my skills in a project. BUT! here I am in the three projects.
1) Easiest - Drafted the half circle skirt for about mid-calf on me from the pattern in The Modern Maker vol 2. Instead of drawing the pattern directly on the fabric, I made a paper pattern, because I figure I'll be making several of these skirts this summer. I got the pieces sewn together, the two straight sides sewn over, and the waistband applied. I used 2.5" strips cut on the straight grain for that. I still need to cut out 2.5" bias for the bottom of the skirt, and to apply it. (did this in that striped white linen that I have had for ages and ages -like more then a decade! )
2) FBA on New Look 6340. https://curvysewingcollective.com/tutorial-a-full-bust-adjustment-on-a-one-dart-bodice/ I used the basic size 18 I had cut out from last year because the shoulders were already a little far apart for my like, and added 1 inch on each side. I have the front darts sewn up, and the front seam sewn up, and finished. I tried to stay stitch the front neckline, but I gathered it in the process! Oh! also, I made the shirt the length of the width of the fabric, not the length the pattern is cut to. I think I should change that on the pattern. (made this out of the same striped white linen as the skirt). OH - what needs to still be done with it! I need to sew up the backs, and then the back to the front. Then the armholes, neckline, and bottom needs to be bound. I THINK the binding needs to be done with a thinner linen, as this linen gives a very bulky binding!
3) Drafted the pants sloper, then drafted the pants pattern, and cut them out in the leftover green linen from some SCA tunics for me and M. Its not as crisp of a linen as I am used to, I wonder if it is a cotton/linen mix? Not sure, but I like the old fashion army green of it. I really hope these turn out to at least fit.
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OH!! also, on Tuesday night I got to babysit my neighbor's baby!!!! I was so excited, and he was a joy!
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