With the start of the new year coming up, I decided to make my goal for the year as "Finish what you have started." I wanted to challange all of you to do the same thing.
Step 1: Write out a list of ALL your UFO's (Trust me mine was alot longer than I I thought it would be. :: cringes:: )
Step 2: With each oject, write not next to it, what it would take to finish it.
Step 3: Set a realistic due date on each one.
But what if the object is something I don't want anymore? The answer: Then why are you keeping it? Bless someone else with it, or make it and sell it. It is doing no one any good hanging out in dark depths of your closets, and sewing bins.
How many UFO's can you finish in the next 3 months? 6? 12?
Think of it this way, the more UFO's you get out of your stash the more nice things you can bring in. ;D
Who will join me on this challange? ::raises her sewing sissors high::
Oh, wow--this is so funny! I'm on a needlework board like this one, and I declared 2011 as the Year of Killing WIPs!! We're all challenging each other to finish off our in-progress projects. I just finished one of mine (that I've been stitching since 2007!) this weekend.
But I'd already decided that sewing-wise 2011 was going to be the year I actually finished stuff. I'm determined to make my purple tablecloth kirtle (using Simplicity 2621 corset as the bodice), and then to Promenade. If I can't do those two things this year, then I'm going to step back and re-evaluate what I'm doing with my costuming and maybe step away from it for a while.
ETA: Ok, I'm following LS's directions.
Purple Kirtle
1. Pull out pattern pieces & trace, marking alterations to lacing and straps
2. Cut/sew/bone canvas interlining
3. Cut/sew fashion fabric & lining
4. Figure out skirt pattern (straight or gored panels?)
5. Learn to pipe
6. Cut/sew skirt
7. Eyelets (machine)
Hmmm... I could make a goal of doing one of those steps/week, and I'd be done in 2 months! I think I should try that. There's a class starting up again at my quilt shop--a sort of guided studio that I've taken before. It's 5 weeks long, and if I could commit to one step/week, that would be perfect!!
Promenade has so many steps it's scary. Seriously, my to-do list is two pages long. I'll come back and write out the steps WHEN (not if!!!) I finish my kirtle.
Ok, so: How are we going to motivate each other? Should we do a weekly check-in to report our progress (or lack thereof)?
I like Weekly. It would keep us going. I just didn't have anything to be accountable to. This past show, I made goals for the week, and really powered through stuff.
Gem: We do NOT want to talk about where we are on my needle work. ::) I've got one project "Through a mother's eyes" by Teresa Vaughn half way done and realized 1/4 of it was 2 squares off. Is it worth 6 picking 3000 stitches, or just starting over? that is my biggest UFO in needle work.
UFO project #1 for me:
Bowling shirt for PP – (due 1/13/2011)
- Sew on sleeves
- Do button holes
- Sew on Buttons
- Add Applique
Lady S, I just looked at your list in the Garb 2011 thread, and frankly it all looks doable! Of course, you also have a FT job PLUS your costuming for the theater, so good luck!!! What we've been doing with the needlework WIPs is sorting them by how easy they are to finish, and to tackle the quick stuff first--those things that only need trim and hems, for instance.
Ok I'll bite.
- Two skirts that have been packed since 2005 and found in August.
- A frock coat that I have seemed to lost the sleeves, collar and cuffs to. Its in a box thinking about what it did wrong, It may have a future as a vest/ over dress thingie.
And a whole bunch of other fix it things that have surfaced
Not that bad but add in a boat load of work stuff and a very lively 3 year old its a touch harder.
I have one unfinished object, and one fairly major repair.
The unfinished is my 16th century stays. I put off finishing them when I had so much else to do this year, but now I only have something medieval-ish to make for costume college, and otherwise I have to finish the stays before I make the 17th or 18th century gowns on my to-do list. To finish it, I have to:
-hand-bind the rest of the eyelets
-hand-bind the edges of the stays
And the major repair is my Queen of Hearts skirt. The last time I wore it, almost every strip in the quilted forepart frayed and pulled apart (because I didn't have a serger when I made it). So I will probably have to make each strip shorter, take them all apart, find similar or complementing fabric, and requilt it all together, serging the edges this time. I'm not sure when I will wind up doing that, too, since I don't forsee needing it until next Halloween at the soonest.
My Elizabethan Stays comparison project...
Big Sis's Polartec Windbloc coat
Little Sis's floor cushions (joint project)
A lilac Regency silk crepe dress...
This thread was made for me. I have to finish the Venetian gown, the 1770 frock coat, and the 1880 Victorian jacket. I've promised myself that once I get this stuff done, I can start a new french gown and another Victorian... I am taking next week off, and I am so determined to get at least two of these projects off my table. : )
I am happy to say in just 4 days I finished two little cross stitches that had been lanquishing in the UFO pile for several years. It was funny how little was actually left to do on them. Belive it or not, one of them just needed me to get off my Franny and get one color, and back stitch it, and it was done. The other was just fill in the last of the color. My SIL saw it loved it, and asked if she could have it as a last minute Christmas present. ;D
This week is tech week, but I may pull out another cross stitch UFO to get that out the door.
And I have a feeling I will be hitting the sewing room to finish my UFO's there. Like Gem said, pick one that there isn't much left to do on it, and FINISH IT. I don't care how, but finish it, or find it a home for it instead of the back of your closets. It's doing not good there. ;)
I am really itching to start my kirtle project, and hope to get to the pattern checking/tracing/adapting bit tomorrow.
...But before I do that, I have to clear some UFOs off my schedule--and, more importantly--out of my workspace!! I have a cross-stitched Christmas ornament that needs to be finished (turned into an ornament), so I can put all of the ornament stash away (because it's taken over my ironing board & sewing table), and I have some boxes for a charity book drive I have to pack up and ship off, plus some Christmas boxes to move around, so I actually have some room in my room to work!
So. I'm going to try to get some of that done today. My LSS is having their class preview night this week, and I think the class I want to take starts the following Monday, and I want to have my kirtle underway by then!
It's not 'quite' a sewing UFO but you can appreciate it. I actually got my new label maker out and all my sewing bins, tubs and such are actually labeled. It's odd, I sent the PP into my office to get my good flat head screw driver from my hardwear kit. (Just because I sew doesn't mean I don't need real tools. ;D ) He came back saying it was nice, to be able to go into my office and actually be able to find the tools, where they were supose to be and labeled. No more "Sweetie, just come get it yourself. I can't find it" syndrome. ;D
I used to have a Dymo label thingy, and everything that didn't have a sewn-in style label got one of those! Boxes, drawers, the stapler, my hole punch, rulers, the pencil sharpener, shelves, files and folders,, chairs, tables - but everything! Some of those items still have their no 20 YO labels in place. The kids in school loved that gadget to bits - literally! I keep meaning to get one of the newer models that does hard plastic tape and iron-on or sew-in cloth tape. My paper stick-on labels don't stick well to the matte finish of some of my little Ikea boxes.
You guys are making me really want a label maker.
On the UFO note, I pulled out my stays. I figure if they're sitting next to my current project, there's no way I can ignore them.
Not sure if I'm lucky or not, but at the moment I have no projects going. Though I did spend the past week mending everything I have said I would over the past year. The kids forgot they owned some of the stuff that was in the mending box.
Label makers are a blessing and and curse. ;D
Lady Rebecca, I have found if the item is out where I must look at it, it is more likey to get worked on.
My totes are labled with masking tape lots cheaper right now. Maybe one of those things would be handy.
My skirts are calling me to finish them but at the same time my work stuff is stalking me too. I will get them done soonish
Well, I pulled everything out today to start adapting the corset pattern for a side-back lacing kirtle...
...And discovered that apparently I'd done this before. ??? There was a boned mockup (complete with my temporary lacing strips!) in the project bin. WTH?
After staring at the thing for ages, I'm finally vaguely recalling this--my corset is a size 12 with a sizable gap in back, and I thought a size 14 (with a raised neckline) might work better as a dress, but it turned out to be WAY too big--but it *totally* threw me and had me completely confused, looking at the mockup & the pattern pieces for it, trying to figure out what I'd been thinking!! Ugh.
So I made myself a new task list, and Item #1 was "Totally ignore whatever you tried to do before." Anyway, I ran out of time for this this morning and will have to come back to it later. I did discover that I wasn't as ready to start this project as I thought I was, at least, and still have some stuff to figure out, apparently!
I'd say, "Back to the drawing board," but I was *at* the drawing board, so I actually need the step *before* that! LOL
Aint that the kicker, you go to do something on your to do list and find that you had already done it. LOL ;D
And it wasn't even a nice surprise, like discovering you did a load of laundry or made a dentist appointment you'd forgotten doing... this was a confusing, befuddling, "what was I thinking, and should I *still* be thinking that???" mess. Sigh.
However, I did manage to get the sewing table cleared off. The ornament is not made, but I have room to work now. So that's a start. I'll have another go at that pattern tomorrow.
I started an over haul on the sewing room, and right now my sewing table is buried under a pile of stuff to have a proper home.
It's funny, since I started thsi challange it has gotten the PP to finish his UFO's around the house. I finally have painted walls in the living room, and other things fixed. YAY!
What I want to know is how is it that a UFO that was completely FUBAR'd , so I started all over and re-did it. I have gotten more done on it in the past 2 weeks, than I did on the original 10 years ago.
I have a handful of half finished projects. A gown that wants a new front closure, trim and sleeves, and maybe a hat to match, yards of hankerchief linen that wants to be a chemise for a gown that I can't find quite the right fabric for, and a handful of other things that aren't quite ready to come together.
Not doing anything until I give my machine some TLC. Been working on some projects around the house and she needs a good cleaning and oiling. So I guess that's #1 on my list. Been going through the stash and deciding what needs to be passed along as well. So that's #2. Then maybe the garb muse will return to bless me. :)
Finding a new home for stash fabric that has been buried too long is always a good thing to get of the UFO list. Just remember, the more UFO's out the door the more new and wonderful stuff can come in. :)
Huzzah! The new pattern is drafted. It has not been *tested,* but I have recovered from Tuesday's confusion and managed (sort of) to get Task #1 completed the first week. My class starts tomorrow, so I hope to get the mockup cut out, assembled, and fitted then. If I'm incredibly inspired and energetic tomorrow beforehand, I might cut the mockup pieces out.
But anyway, the first step is done (I hope!)!
I think I have more unstarted projects than unfinished. Entire bins of fabric that never even got cut. Half of it I can't even remember what it was meant for. I guess the kids' new stuff this year will be stash built.
I have lots of fabric like that...
My UFOs:
1. Cloak for my son
2. Cloak for myself
3. New shirt for my son, using the blackwork linen for sleeves
4. New doublet for my son
5. Pants for my dau
6. THEN, I want to make two circa 1799 US Marine uniforms fof both my son and myself.
Got the gores cut out for both cloaks. My son's were 8 gores, mine were 16. I just finished this morning sewing my son's gores together. Simply beautiful! A full circle cloak is gorgeous! Gotta let it hang to get the proper stretch before cutting the bottom hem. He has to decide if he wants a collar or a hood. Then, will dye it a dark green (what he wants). Used Italian wool Army blankets for these. HEAVY!
Since my stays are driving me absolutely crazy with how tedious the binding is, I've decided to force myself to do at least one tab/day. That way, within a month or so, maybe I'll actually finish it.
Butch, those cloaks will keep them warm for sure. They sound snuggly.
Lady Rebecca: Just doing a little bit each day will get it done. The point is getting it done, it might take a while as you slog through but the fact you are actually DOING something each day is a big dent in the project.
The PP has volenteered me to help him with his long over do 'honey do' and his house UFO projects. However , between coats of paint, and helping him change in 'guts' of the guest toilet (Which btw we are never going to do ourselves again!) I managed to sort through 3 boxes/ bags of scraps, and put them in their colored bins. I how have a white/off white fabric bin, a black/grey/ brown bin, a blue/green/ purple bin, and I have a yellow/orange/red pink bin. I'm thinking i may have to make a specific red/pink bin. Who knew making all that pink stuff for the PP I would aquire THAT much pink and red fabric scraps! ;D I actually now have a floor!
I have one table, and the dreaded closet of over flowing things to do but, it actually is starting to look like a proper sewing room.
How big does a scrap have to be before you decide to keep it? I often feel like I'm hoarding tons of tiny, odd-shaped pieces of fabric...
I keep my scraps for the season in whatever receptacle was handy at the time, and then I stash it in my closet for a year or so. Then when I'm feeling low on space I'll pull out the bag/box/whatever and sort through. Any scrap big enough for serving as a test swatch is carefully folded and and put away again in the master scrap bag. Everything else I toss. But it takes me a long time to disconnect myself from the fabric enough to throw it away. I wish there were an easy way for consumers to recycle fabric (industrially they can grind it up and use it again, but I don't know how you'd get your scraps to those people!).
There's a long thread (7+ pages!) on Pattern Review about rehoming usable scraps through Craigslist, etc--apparently schools, Girl Scout troops, senior centers, charity quilting clubs, etc always need scraps for craft projects.
Worked on the mockup for the purple kirtle all day yesterday. Tonight's my first class at my sewing studio, and I hope to fine-tune the fit/pattern so I can spend this week getting the guts (boned canvas interlining) put together.
On my own organizational front, this weekend I pulled everything out of the closet with the goal of getting everything back IN the closet in a more organized, usable way (right now to get to anything, I have to pull EVERYTHING out). Unfortunately, I got completely overwhelmed when I realized that wouldn't be possible the way things stand at the moment. So I have a new goal: Just get everything but what I currently need back in the closet, and readdress in the future.
Good luck, Gem!
As for scraps... Depending on the project, while I'm doing it, I hang onto anything big enough to cover the buttons... Later, I'll keep anything large enough for a pocket/collar/small bag. Smaller stuff gets tossed unless I'm saving scraps for stuffing things like draft excluders or door stops.
Quote from: gem on January 17, 2011, 11:39:11 AM
There's a long thread (7+ pages!) on Pattern Review about rehoming usable scraps through Craigslist, etc--apparently schools, Girl Scout troops, senior centers, charity quilting clubs, etc always need scraps for craft projects.
I use my scraps for the Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts. There are times when the boys need to learn to sew buttons and the girls need to "re-use" items for their crafts/projects.
So maybe if there is a local unit ask them if they need them.
I'm with Kate. If the scrap is too small to be used for a collar, it has to go. Mine go to our church quilters guild. I'm thinking of making up "grab bags" of scraps to sell at the church garage sale. There are so many quilters looking for the odd fabrics it might be a good way to help them, AND help the church.
I've made a fairy skirt for my niece out of some of my scraps and I am also in the process of putting a scrap quilt together. I have one that my 3 or 4 times great aunt made in 1910 and I'm trying to do what she did. Its fun to try to follow in her footsteps, even though the quilt I am working on is one that my dog decided was tasty and I am salvaging it.
Quote from: LadyStitch on January 03, 2011, 01:38:05 PM
I have found if the item is out where I must look at it, it is more likey to get worked on.
Boy, isn't that the truth!! Somehow when I pulled out the pattern &c for the Simplicity 2621 Kirtle Project, I pulled out my unfinished corded corset with it. It's been sitting on the sewing table, getting in my way, for a couple of weeks All that was left was for the hemp cord to be trimmed to length, the binding to be put on, and the eyelets sewn. After fighting with a computer issue all afternoon, I felt the need to attack something, so I grabbed the thing and trimmed all the cord down. It was a bigger job than I'd expected (this was my first cording project, and I've since learned that I *much* prefer to simply cut the cord to the proper length to start). But it's done now, and I can move on to the binding. I also decided that I'm just going to sew the straps down instead of having them tie, so that was further good progress. Yay!
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I also had Milord take my measurements for the dressform padding project. I was warned that would be depressing, and... they were right. ::) But I needed to do it so I could drape the kirtle skirt before my next class on Monday. So. It's done. Next I need to actually put the thing together!
Onward!!
I finished sewing the gores together on my cloak earlier in the week, then made the patterns for both my son's hood and my collar. I cut out both, and assembled both! To include the decorative edge trim stitching. Gonna attach both this weekend, then will trim the bottoms of both this weekend. After all of that, will need to dye both, and then will be DONE!!
Good for you Gem! I know it is a kick in the back side when you pull out an old project and see how much you have improved since you started it. ::)
Sadly I havent' gotten any more done except on my cross stitch. It is something I can do and not have to move around alot. I can just sit and have some quiet time. We have been so busy lately I havent' gotten back into my sewing room. Add in that I have been crashing at about 8:30-9 , it doesn't leave much time to get in there.
Though I did pick up 5 new baby patterns this week. I want to see how much I can make from just the left overs and such I have in the wardrobe. Using up scraps is UFO right? I know I'm a hypocrit :-\
Nah your just being umm green and using what you have. :D
Is it bad that I have more UFO's in my crochet stuff than my sewing?
Hey I'm not putting all of my knitting and cross sitich in my UFO pile but I am getting it done. :)
We almost need another topic of "Your Fabric Diet" How many pounds/yards of fabric can you have go out of your stash vs what you bring in?
Wow, I take in a LOT more than what goes out! I need to go on a fabric diet!
I've made myself a rule that I can't buy any more fabric until after I move, unless it's for a project I'm currently working on.
Quote from: Lady Rebecca on January 21, 2011, 08:53:46 PM
I've made myself a rule that I can't buy any more fabric until after I move, unless it's for a project I'm currently working on.
Same for me. I have run out of places to store it :-\ Now I must figure out what to make it into so I can go buy more ;D
LOl...I've spent several recent days photgraphing and measuring all my stash so I can put some up for sale, and now I've gone and fallen in love with it all again. :-\ I did find a piece I'd forgotten I had that will work perfectly for the Irish gown I want to restyle, and it did get my creative wheels turning again so that's a good thing. Course now I need to go to JoAnns for trim.....Hoping I don't come back with more stash to add to the pile... :D
I'm doing the must purge fabric also. Some are already sold. Just like Anna, I found a piece that I just cant get rid of... 18 yards of dusty dark blue quality rayon velvet. How could I forget that amount of fabric. Now, what to do with it....
There are 16 UFO in my pile. And I've started on my new queen gown.... Grrr....
Must sell to buy.... must buy to make new... must use what I have to save... don't have enough, so must buy... must sell to........ *SIGH*
Syrilla,
Looking forward to seeing pictures of the new queen gown.............
My problem is the fabric I buy for specific projects... that then never get made. :-\ That's probably 90% of what's in my stash--I can tell you exactly what a fabric was purchased for and hasn't been made yet. The bulk of the rest was the extra yardage I bought over the amount I needed (um, 8 yards of chocolate brown linen for a gamurra that took about 3...).
Anna, instead of the shopping trip to buy trim, why not take a look at your stash and see what you can make into trim? Either basic guards from bias tape, maybe with a decorative stitch from some metallic thread ('course, you'd have to go buy that...), or piping... or if you're interested, the March 2011 issue of "Threads" has a whole article on making trims from fabrics.
I want to pipe the edges of my purple kirtle, and I keep thinking the butter yellow damask that I bought for my half-finished giornea would be *perfect*... but I still have hopes of making that giornea with it!! Alas! What's a costumer to do?
...Go buy more, apparently. LOL
Gem, you've read my mind. I was looking at piping at the store today. Didn't ocur to me to actully make some from the fabric I have. I thought, too of making trim using the forpart fabric as Isabella did, but I'm not sure how much I'll have left over. It's a possibility. I'll certainly look for that magazine. Can I find it at JoAnns?
Do we have a thread on that here? It would be good reading.
I'm wondering for your own project, is it possible you can salvage enough from the edges of your butter yellow to do both the gionea and the piping?
..and yes, I would love to see your gown as it comes together Syrilla. :)
Anna, there's a thread on making trim going on right now on Pattern Review (http://sewing.patternreview.com/cgi-bin/sewingclasses/board.pl?t=57522), with some interesting links to articles, videos, etc. I haven't checked out any of the external links yet (sloooow computer), but it looks like some good stuff, particularly if you have a serger or an embroidery machine. And yes, you should definitely be able to get a copy of Threads at JoAnn. You're looking for the issue with spools of silk thread on the cover.
As for my own piping dilemma, I'm afraid I won't have enough damask for the giornea because I've earmarked the extra I did buy for remaking the bodice (the original's straps were too narrow and didn't cover the gamurra straps). One useful thing I learned from the folks at Pattern Review was that when you make bias trim, you don't have to do it on the absolute true 45-degree bias; any bias will work so you can use less yardage. I don't know that I'm brave enough to try that yet, though!
Thanks Gem. I'll look for it. Didn't realize piping needed to be cut on the bias. Lot's to learn if I'm to go in that direction.
Found several threads here as well on piping and adding trim. I may start a new thread here a bit down the road to gather all those together and ask more questions in direct regard to my project. Have a few ideas about how I want to remake this, but like you it's going to depend on how I can best use the very little bit I have of the fabric and I really want to make a hat... biting off alot here, but looking forward to the challenge.
Well, it doesn't always have to--if you're doing something like cushions or pillows with straight lines and corners, you can use straight binding... but you need bias to go smoothly around curves, like we do in costuming.
...Should really be sewing now! ;)
Well, I am back from my piping/flange-cord shopping trip, where I found absolutely nothing I liked. This is both good and bad. Bad because I love the look of twisted cord and *really* wanted to trim my kirtle with it--alas--but good because now I'll *have* to pull something from my stash! So I'm just about to go dig through the fabric I just spent a week painstakingly sorting through and putting back in my closet. Bigsigh. :-\
I got another dent in the sewing room. Being nauseated all weekend didn't help my sewing plans much. The room is set back up, but I still have some piles of little things that need to be put in their final homes, AND i need to go through my UFO's that are in my closet. I'm just amazed at what I actually had that was just put away where I couldn't see it.
Just took the cloaks out of their respective dye bath. Not as dark as I had hoped. Oh well, good enough for the 1500's! Now to hang dry them. Then will cut them to length and attach the closures when they arrive. I ordered the Renaissance Floral Closure for mine and the Double Griffin Head for Michael's. Coming right along!
Butch, just wait--now that we all have heavy warm wool outerwear (I got a wool frock coat for Christmas), it will never be cold enough to wear them!!
Had my second sewing studio last night; spent the whole evening trying to figure out how to knife pleat a three-panel skirt to a bodice that opens up the side backs. I'm still not entirely sure we managed it. But now at least I'm ready to assemble the bodice flatlining/bones, and cut out and sew the skirt panels. So I'm hoping for really good progress on it this week. We also found a couple of fabrics that might work for the piping (if we decide not to use the self fabric)--one is a navy and purple pima cotton stripe (so it would look like navy and purple twisted cord), and the other is a black wide-wale metallic (?!) corduroy, which would look like twisted velvet cord. My instructor wanted to use them *both,* and stack the piping!! I reminded her that our goal was to actually get the kirtle done.
I wish you luck Gem. Sometimes we get our eyes so big to decorations we forget our job is to actually FINISH the item. ;D Keep it up!
So today I was rarin' to go for the first time in ages--I had a whole list of things I wanted to accomplish on the kirtle, with "bind the corset..." in the back of my mind, too...
...And the machine broke. Waaaahh!!! I have a backup; my older Brother can do everything I need to with the kirtle bodice and skirt right now, but still! Diagnosing the problem (I think part of the bobbin assembly (http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL417/1033223/4707019/394816532.jpg) snapped) just stymied me, and now I have to spend time rearranging things so I can pull out the older machine, and find the time to head back to the shop to get it fixed! >:(
That has happened to me too! Thank goodness for back up machines!
Ok, I'm bumping this back up. Where are we on our Un Finished Objects?
My sewing room now has a floor, and all my tools now have a nice home.
The PP's new pants are on the cutting table waiting to be sewn up.
I'm starting a new show on Saturday but I will have help on this one.
I don't have any pictures of it, but I finished my stays a couple weeks ago!
I've actually gotten quite a bit done on the unfinished corded corset! I trimmed all the cords to fit, sewed all around the edges, and have done half of the eyelets (by machine). I'd sort of forgotten about it in last week's handwork on the kirtle, but I should pull that baby out again.
As for the kirtle (which wasn't really a UFO but was the project I was focusing on for this thread), I've made fab progress! The bodice construction is completely done; all it needs now is the hand-sewn lining and the eyelets. Today my focus is going to be the skirt; still haven't decided between cartridge pleats and knife pleats, and the curved top of the gores is making me angry about attempting cartridge pleats. >:(
I'm feeling stitchy lately and need to pull out some embroidery, which will probably be the smock again. I had almost reached the halfway mark on the first sleeve when I abruptly stopped working on it for no reason I can discern. Huh.
I completely finished my Victorian, including the hat. yay!!! I've moved the 1770's frockcoat to hang in my way so that I will get some work done on it. And the Venetian is still haunting me, but I had to make that goofy 1890 bathing suit first, lol : )
I kinda forgot about this thread! I finished both cloaks. They look GREAT! Next up is either the blackwork sleeved shiirt for my son, or some new pants for my dau. Bought a lot of duck about 10 days ago...hmmm, ideas abound!
Ugh. I am *this close* to the end of my kirtle project (just need to attach skirt & hem), and I am flagging. I can't seem to muster the motivation to do anything on it. Last night I left my sewing studio group early because of skirt placket frustration. If I got myself in gear, I could have this finished within the next two weeks (plackets & attach skirt this week, hem next week). I need some pokes with a pike, I think!
Eh, put it away for a week (or a day at least). Jump back in when your mind tells you that it's time! But no longer than a week!
I got stuck over the weekend. I really lost motivation. But I started setting a time for 15-30 minutes and that helped. I took a breather for a couple days, and went back to it. You would be amazed what just little time can do on a project.
If you need a real kick in the backside, I'm 5 months pregnant, and turning out 1 garment a week for the past month. If I can scrape together the energy to make SOMETHING every week, you can certainly eek out time to do something on a kirtle. If I can do it you can, now get your assets in gear ! ;D
Damn, you are *right,* girl. I will put on my big girl chemise and get on with it, already!
First step: Go spend some time at JoAnn to refuel the love. Maybe I'll cut out the sleeves. :D
My UFO object challange stuff really got stumped with the who pregnant thing BUT I decided that anything I make has to come from my stash. I have SO MUCH that I have inherited, or have as left over from theater project, or just held onto but didn't know why, that it needs to be used. I have all these cute prints that are just to little to be used or anything big, but are the right size for baby romper. I would like to have 5 outfits made for fuzzlet by the time he/she gets here. I want to have 5 summer maternity tops, and 3 pair of maternity capris done by August. And I want 90% of the fabric, trim and notions to come from my stash. I want 100+ yards of fabric out of my stash by year end. If this means I make quilters goodie bags for the church chairity sale in August/September, then so be it. My plans changed, but they are still to get stagnet objects out of my sewing room, and I call that a win.
Now missy get your back side in gear! ;D
(Wed night) The plackets are DONE! I ended up stitching the binding down by hand b/c my machine stitching looked atrocious. :-\
Next step: pleats!
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ETA (Thurs aft.): More progress!! I've marked & stitched the gathering threads for 1/3 of the waist. The pen I was using to mark the dots is an air-erasable one that's supposed to vanish in 48-72 hours, but for some reason it's vanishing within *minutes,* so I had to stitch the pleats almost as soon as I marked them! Two sections left; hope to get both those done tonight so I can actually attach the skirt over the weekend!
One more quick update... I put in the last pleating threads last night, so today I should be able to start on actually attaching the skirt! Huzzah!! I think my enthusiasm for this project is finally coming back, now that the end is so close.
Milord and I think we've found the perfect small cabinet to house my sewing supplies, so we are off to test fit it for sewing machine cases and project bins. Stay tuned!
Sigh. I hit a snag with the kirtle waistband; couldn't fix the wrinkle in the front as easily as I had hoped... and then have spent the week run ragged with veterinary emergencies. Milord's parents are coming next weekend, and I *really* want my sewing room (aka the dining room) cleaned up with my kirtle on display. I was hoping to get it hemmed, but I know I won't have time for that.
My Renn Faire Queen dress
Pull fabric for the dress out of its storage bin
take ones measurements for said dress
Research other dresses and other patterns, in case i want to change my mind
discourage napping
cut out the pattern
discourage napping
pin together, fit, and re pin
begin sewing
discourage napping , binge eat and more research
fight with the sewing machine and tention
sew so more
fit test once more finish sewing
sew on extras
model said dress, ask for opinion
(http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/idmanatapit/226531_10150260046842324_518057323_9371789_2988118_n.jpg)
ETA : August 20th 2011