green_martha

The CoPA is gone. *sad panda face*

Not that I'm much of a pattern-using person myself, I tend to stick to period diagrams and draping a lot. But right now, I'm making a knock-off of my cushion slipcover pregnancy blouse (have to come up with a better name for it... although the one I'm making now ? Out of an old bedspread and matching slipcovers) for a pregnant friend and I had a little angel ask for the pattern as well. So while I'm making the blouse's second version, I'm taking note so as to make a proper pattern with instructions. And discovering that takes alot more time than just flying by the seat of my pants like I usually do. I have a whole tank of newly gained respect for all people that make patterns, it's not as simple as it sounds. Not really hard for this particular garment, but there are a lot of steps and you have to write it all down. But the process is quite interesting. And the blouse will look cute.

The silly kitty's skirt has been hemmed, yay ! As soon as I've gotten the rest of tonight's occupations out of the way, I'll jump right to draping the overskirt and bodice or polonaise. I'm not yet sure on which option I'll choose. I think I'll use some contrasting piping, though, just because I'm completely masochistic. Oh, and I've found some tiny snaps to close the whole thing (because there's a limit to my masochisticness, and sewing yet another series of miniature buttonholes is definitely beyond that). Yay for at least ONE shop in town being open *with employees* actually inside, so that you can, you know, actually BUY something from them. I'm not sure there *was* anyone working at Toto on my lunchbreak, there was definitely no one to help customers or just for them to pay in the whole fabric and sewing notions area... weird.

The above mentionned "rest of tonight's occupations" consists in copying a prettypretty promenade dress pattern - or rather the jacket's pattern from the suit, because the skirt is merely a diagramm, so that I can mail it to a very nice austrian lady to thank her for lending me the pattern for my wedding dress. A pattern I'm slowly getting excited to make, wheeeheee !