I'll sew you

Last saturday evening I fought with gravity....and lost. In other words, I made a nasty fall which ended with two broken fingers. At first they gave me a plaster-bandage. After that they made an x-ray to see if everything was in the right place. Then they decided to put pins in both fingers, so I had surgery on sunday. Now I'm at home recovering. There has been no unbearable pain and it's getting better every day, so I guess that's a lucky thing. Let's hope it stays that way. Another lucky thing is that I injured my right hand, and I'm left-handed, so.. But there will be no sewing for a while as you definitely need both hands for that. I had just started a red linen summerskirt saturday. It makes me so sad to look at it now but maybe I should look upon it as a goal:  one day soon I'm gonna finish you !! One thing is for sure, I'll never take the functioning of my hands for granted any more. I hope you are all well and hope to talk to you again soon...

It took a trip to the shoe-store (what a punishment!) to buy the shoes I knew would match perfectly with these outfits, and ignoring a headache that's been going on for three days now, but a promise is a promise. So, after making four peaces I have 4 outfits to show you.   The striped-pattern of the skirt is a bit of a blur. If you click on the pictures you get a better view : I definitely see the advantages of sewing with a plan. And it doesn't have to end here. You can think of other pieces (already made/bought or still to be made/bought) that could be added to this mini-wardrobe. And that's so much fun. The shoes were something I had set my mind on some time ago. When I was shopping in early spring I saw that there were a lot of blue shoes and it only took a second for me to decide that I wanted them too. Gorgeous!  Here are some detail-pics: L * O * V * E What's not to like love, right?! I did so...

Sorry, no pictures of swap-oufits yet. I'm sick because of a cold. It always knocks me down a few days. I'm trying my best to be better enough to go to work next tuesday. We have a very short week (2 days) and there's work for 5 days.  So I'm trying to get as much rest as possible. In the meantime it's fighting over who get's the blanket on/and the couch. I'll beat him to it the next time. Which is now! Gr. Lilian

That's right. The last piece of my swap is finished. It came out beautiful. The fit is sooo right. There was a reason why I sewed this item last. Most of the times when I sew pants the fit is not good. There's a lot of wrinkling and pulling in the crotch-area. I tried a few things to adjust the pattern but they never worked out right. For this project I decided on a fairly easy adjustment. I added 2 cm, back and front, like this: That way the crotchline lowers 2 cm as well and that seems to make all the difference. The problems I was expecting didn't occur. This is gonna be my standard alteration from now on. I'm so glad this one worked out. I suck at pattern-alterations, big time! But this gave me a lot of courage to start sewing more pants. Here's the result: front Back It sits quite high on the waist, which I love. I hate low-waisted pants. Just don't have the bodyshape for it. Actually, it's my tummy that hates it. It just can't decide we...

And some more detail shots: Ooops !!             I'm glad this troublemaker is finished. Yes, I'm afraid to say that it was not much fun to make this blouse. While sewing it there were so many issues that I even don't know where to begin. But the major problem is that the stitches are pulling. I don't know where the problem lies. I tried to use a looser stitch on my machine but it still produced wonky seams, while the stitches in the back were almost loopy. Ironing it didn't do it any good either. Result: more wonky seams. You think I'm exaggerating? Then take a look at the next picture. Ok, it's made with the most unflattering light possible, and the effect in normal light is quite different as you can see in the previous pictures, but for a freaky perfectionist like me, this is heartbreaking. At one point, I was sewing the collar with stand on, and I had to redo certain parts again and again,...