learning curve
August 21st, 2006
This jumbled mess you see here is my first attempt at using a pattern. A nice, simple a-line skirt. No problem, right? Easy peesy.
HA! It’s slow going…i have a LOT to learn. I “get” the way it all fits together, but i am alittle lost when it come to marking where the pleats go, and the notches, and all those weird little symbols that mean God-knows-what…. i am feeling just ALITTLE stupid right now. This should not be so hard! It makes me really angry at both my mom AND my mother-in-law, both of whom could be teaching me this stuff. But my mom is MIA, and my MIL is nearly impossible to get a commitment out of. So, i am forging ahead and figuiring it out MYSELF, dammit! I just want to get it done, because i have had images of simple skirts with embroidery all over ‘em for AGES. I think it will look really cool if i can EVER get a decent skirt sewn up.
Aside from skirt frustration, not too much crafting to report from the weekend. I was a big slug, honestly, hanging around embroidering while watching a Audrey Hepurn marthon on the classic movie channel all day saturday, dilligently emptying a big bottle of cheap-o Merlot, and tackling the great laundry mountain on sunday. I did bake a couple chai cheescakes for my hub’s work picnic, and i am almost done with the latest tree embroidery. But mostly, it was a whole lot of TV, wine, and slack. And that is OK with me!
August 21st, 2006 at 10:38 am
Hi Amanda! Thanks for the comment on the MST3K sweater - isn’t is fabulous?! Had a quick look around here and I must say that I really enjoy both your blogging style and the great things you’ve made. LOVE the skeleton-themed items and your aprons are wonderful (tartan!!!!). You get poitns from me for embroidering anything that will hold still for long enough
Wish I could telepathically help you with your pattern dilemma, though. Don’t be afraid to trust your instincts - the patterns are sometimes overly complicated and stupidly worded!
August 21st, 2006 at 10:39 am
p.s. I presume you won’t mind me linking to you? Thanks!
August 21st, 2006 at 11:46 am
You’ll get it. Let us have a peek once ya finish.
August 21st, 2006 at 1:15 pm
I read on blogs these women who stitch something up in an hour when it takes me days. It’s difficult, and I like to do a good job. I think transferring the markings is an important step. It’s all just practice I guess. Sometimes the instructions aren’t very clear either, so I end up marking notes all over the place to make it easier if I decide to make it again. Without my mom around, I don’t know what I’d do!
August 21st, 2006 at 9:01 pm
I think those women who stich things up in an hour are DIRTY LIAR PANTS!
I don’t know how they do it. Hours and days are the only schedule I understand.
(In the next 2 weeks I’m going to be making a post on how to draft your own A-line skirt, and later, how to play with it to add pleats, style lines etc. I will see you there!)
August 22nd, 2006 at 7:09 am
I say skip this “make the skirt step” alltogether. Find the perfect canvas at the thrift store!