But still I needed to take these in an extra 2cm on each side seam and 4cm in the back. The waistband was interfaced with stretch interfacing, and still halfway though the day I’m having to yank them back up into place. If, and this is a big if, I make this pattern again, I...
which meant no sewing for weeks on end. I finally squeezed a few hours this weekend to finish up a stagnating project (most likely at the expense of lectures that needed prepping or students that needed help- suckas!) – a dress inspired by the Kate Spade “Jillian” polka dot dress. ...
then May, June and July disappeared in a whirl on visits, gardening, chatting and a bit of sewing. There definitely was not as much sewing as I’d anticipated, but that’s really not a bad thing, we made what we needed to, and did other things instead!
toiling and making the alterations to the pattern. I needed a bit more time than I thought to find a fabric to make it up in though, it turns out my stash consists of less usable-to-me fabrics than I first thought!