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A very belated present
Oct. 17th, 2011 03:29 pmThomas Jefferson said, "It is amazing how much can be done if we are always doing."
That's the opposite of this project. I started sometime in January, because it'd be quick and easy and I was supposed to do it back in November as a birthday present. I got as far as the hem, sewed it crooked because it's bias, knit, and baglined. I started taking it out but then tossed it on a pile of UFOs and left it.
For months.
Then I had the bright idea of making a dressform, followed by the lightbulb moment of hanging the cloak to stretch for awhile, and then I could hem it on the dressform instead of making the recipient stand so I could mark a straight hem...
It still took four hours spread out over a week and a half to finish, though.
That's the opposite of this project. I started sometime in January, because it'd be quick and easy and I was supposed to do it back in November as a birthday present. I got as far as the hem, sewed it crooked because it's bias, knit, and baglined. I started taking it out but then tossed it on a pile of UFOs and left it.
For months.
Then I had the bright idea of making a dressform, followed by the lightbulb moment of hanging the cloak to stretch for awhile, and then I could hem it on the dressform instead of making the recipient stand so I could mark a straight hem...
It still took four hours spread out over a week and a half to finish, though.
