In the Sewing Room

First on the agenda, was some pj's. My former nightgowns were getting rather thin and holey as I haven't sewn in .... ages. Anyway, got those out of the way...


Here Mary Alice is kind enough to model for me.

Then I was moving things around in the sewing room and found a pattern that looked simple and quick (I'm tired of complicated and long... the dogs slobber on everything anyway...) and I had some fabric in my stash to use. First I cut out a toile (tester bodice , toil is pronounced "twal" by the way) to test the fit. Always , always do that first. It saves you a lot of grief later .

Voila, bodice done. The skirt on the pattern wasn't full enough for my tastes so I dug through my huge pattern mess and located the circular skirt pattern I'd drafted ages ago . I keep telling myself I'm not going to do anymore circular skirts because I hate ironing and you have miles of ironing to do with one of those.. But they are so much fun to wear...

Dad's slippers... the latest in pattern weight technology.

Pinning the lining down for handstitching. I put pockets in this thing too. It is an extra step that I always hate but later, it is nice to have pockets...

Then dress has hung on Mary Alice all night so the bias in the skirt can hang out. See how wonky it is? That and I think Mary Alice is listing to the left.. well, her right I guess..

Marking the hem.. I did sort of straighten her out first..

Sewing the hem... it takes years... Well, not really, it just seems that way.

This is without the hem but a full shot.. since I didn't get a front shot later. Ignore all that mess in the background..

Back shot.

And here is the whole reason for the full skirt. Tis fun to twirl. ;-)