No Pictures Today...

Aaah! I just realized that I've forgotten to post for two weeks! Sadly, there's not much for me to catch up on. I'm in the midst of hastily finishing up projects before Thanksgiving break (which starts tomorrow), and have had little time to do much posting. I did do some work on my knitting patterns, both this Monday and last. My next knitting project will be the Gold Hand Knitted Fluted Collar Cardigan, so I have to get the pattern for that set before I start it. Ideally, I'd like to start it while on the break, but with all the shopping I have planned (there's Black Friday of course, and then the women on my mom's side of the family go out together on the Saturday after Black Friday), I'm not entirely convinced I'll have time. I'll figure it out later.

That's all for now! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

Piece #15 Finished!

And now for what I did today:

Say hello to my new Wideleg Grey Suiting Trousers (sorry for the HORRIBLE photos)!! I've had these overcasted for who knows how long, and they've just been sadly watching me for the past several weeks as I ignored them and left them at the bottom of a pile. I'm sorry, pants. As an apology, I decided to make you today.

They're significantly wider than I expected, due to my super wide hips (comparative to the rest of my figure). I'm not sure if this makes me look shorter or not, but it definitely can't help that they're at least 4 inches too long and I'm stepping on them... I'm going to have to wait to hem them until my mom can be there to pin them up for me. Other than that, and adding buttons, which I still have to shop for, they're done!

Total Hours Logged: 5

Fabric: Denim-Look Grey Suiting about 2 1/2 yards

Notions: 7 inch zipper cut to about 5 inches, soon to be 3 buttons

Cost (not including time): about $15

Piece #14 Finished!

And now, the long awaited post featuring the Copper Half-Sleeve Jacket! I know, I know, I really should keep more up to date. Maybe I will later...

Anyways, here it is! I really love the way it turned out for the most part. There are only a few things that I need to change/fix. Mainly I would say that the little belt is awful. The fabric I used has a one way stretch (which I didn't notice until I started sewing with it), and I cut the belt in just the wrong way. my plan is to recut it in the opposite direction so it doesn't curl so stupidly as it does now. I've tried pressing the curling out, but it's not doing anything, so I'll just start over.

I'm also not pleased with my hem, but that's easily fixed! It's a little too high so the jacket makes me look shorter. Not okay. Eventually I'll rehem it. No big deal.

Other than that, I love it! I still can't believe I found this fabric at all (much less in JoAnn's on the clearance rack!), and I love the way it changes in the light. It's so cool. I'm definitely proud of this piece and can't wait to wear it once I graduate!!

Total Hours Logged: approximately 8 1/2 hours. I haven't done a lining for a jacket before, so that took up some time

Fabric: Copper Metallic Suiting Fabric (with one-way stretch!) 3 yards

Notions: soon to be 5 buttons

Cost (not including time): about $15!!

Pieces #10, 11, 12, and 13 Finished!

I'm playing a bit of catch-up today, because I've been too lazy busy during the past few weeks to post my finished pieces. All four of these pieces are lumped together because they're pretty much the same...

First up, is the Silver Jersey Cap Sleeve V-neck Top. It's pretty much the same as the Red Jersey Cap Sleeve V-neck Top I made earlier, except that I left the V in the back and used raglan sleeves, just like in the Red Jersey A-line Dress.

Total Hours Logged: 1 1/2

Fabric: Silver Jersey (rayon/spandex mix) 1 yard

Notions: none

Cost (not including time): about $7

Second is the Long Sleeve Gold Cotton V-neck Top. Basically, this is the same pattern as all of the other shirts I have made/will make. I drafted both set-in and raglan sleeve versions with varying lengths. This is the long sleeve length (which, sadly, is not quite long enough) in the set in sleeve version. Also, no V in the back.

Total Hours Logged: 1 1/2

Fabric: Gold Interlock Cotton Knit 1 yard

Notions: none

Cost (not including time): about $7

Then the Silver Jersey Tank. This one is really comfortable. I can't exactly explain why, but I felt really accomplished when I finished up this tanktop. I always have trouble finding ready to wear tanktops that I like, so I'm happy that now I have a pattern I like to make my own.

Total Hours Logged: 1 1/2

Fabric: Silver Jersey (rayon/spandex mix) 1 yard

Notions: none

Cost (not including time): about $7

And finally the Black Cap Sleeve Cotton V-neck Top. For some reason, this one gave me a lot of trouble. I took it home to finish the edges on Antoinette (because I prefer the results when I use her compared to Theta 1217 1/8), but every time I tried to stitch the hem, the thread broke. I tried multiple times with various kinds of thread (all black). For some reason nothing worked. I thought maybe I needed a little more power, so I brought it back to school to see if Theta could handle it. The same thing kept happening until I pulled out the heavy duty thread that I bought for my pants. Is that normal for the fabric, or was I just doing something terribly wrong? Ah well, I got it done. Raglan sleeves, V back.

Total Hours Logged: 1 1/2

Fabric: Black Ponte Knit 1 yard

Notions: none

Cost (not including time): about $7