But I do like the jeans

Eh. It's ok. I over compensated and made it too big around the hips. The three quarter length sleeves look dumpy. I'm just too cute for this top.

But the worst part is whatever is going on under my arms. Those lumps are not illusions. Funny, but Debbie just had a similar problem with her Burda WOF tee. I plan to reread her post carefully and alter the tissue. I'm not feeling like altering this one.

My husband burst out laughing once when I'd said for the hundredth time in response to a wadder, "I'll just use it to garden and exercise in." I rarely do either, but it makes it seem ok to just move on.

My rib knit trim came out shabby, too. I was going to use clear elastic, but lost my nerve at the last minute. I couldn't get it right. I really wanted it to look like ready to wear, and it just doesn't. I lost my motivation when I could tell it wasn't coming out like I wanted. Instead of stopping and trying something else, I just kept thinking, "cover stitch machine, cover stitch machine." That didn't exactly help.

The trim looks better in the picture than in real life. It isn't that it looks bad; it just looks unique, which was not what I was going for.

And, yes, I made the jeans, and I like them. They are about four years old, have seams that are worn through to the next layer of fabric, and have a blown-out fly that's been hand repaired numerous times. They have belt loops, a back yoke, back patch pockets, two front pockets, a watch pocket, and a metal button. They are something good that once came out of a bad year.

Life is good.

Slow and Steady Wins The Race

After much thought, which was the only resource I could devote to sewing this week, I decided to make a black muslin of the pink knit workout shirt I'm making with Vogue 8151. The pink shirt is to go with the brown yoga pants I have not yet made. Sigh.

Today I made the pattern adjustments and cut out the black knit.

I'm using size G, but I tapered to J in the hips. That sounds so easy, but deciding how to taper under the bust dart was hard. It seems to be a sharp angle. We'll see if it works. I lengthened it six inches, because I like long shirts with pants. I also lowered the front neck edge one inch and shortened the sleeve cap one inch based on various reviews on Pattern Review. That's all I was able to get done this weekend.

I've been busy teaching and learning. I'm teaching a new course this semester, so I have new materials to constantly read. I'm also taking a Web Design course, which is very fun, but time consuming. For instance, I just got distracted reading my "Edit Html" screen. I often get extra breaks between paragraphs in blogger, and I haven't yet figured out exactly why or how. I'm getting close to knowing enough to go in there and really edit. Cool, huh? Well, it is to me because I'm not technologically astute. Only one more week of various parent's nights and other beginning of school time-suckers, so hopefully I can get more obligatory tasks done during the week and more sewing in on weekends.