New 4-H Project

This year for my 4-H project I'm going to make Vogue 8346  View A.  I can never find a coat in stores that I really like.  This year, I'm going to make one.  Right now though, I think I am going to go CRAZY!  OK, so this is why -

I cut out a size 10 because that is what my measurements matched up to.  I probably spent about 16 hours on my coat, and it turned out to be WAY too big (it fits my mom).  I was told to take out all of my seams and cut it down a size.  Well, because it fit my mom, I let her have it and just cut out a size 8 out of scrap fabric we had around the house and sewed main body of the coat together.  When I took my second jacket (now in size 8) into 4-H, the teachers said that it was still too big!  So then I had to rip out my seams and cut out another jacket for a size 6 and then sew it back together. Blah!  If you looked on the back of the pattern for size 6, the measurements seemed like there was NO way that I would fit.  I was about to give up on 4-H all together, but I couldn't because I already bought my "real" fabric I want to use.  By the way, its purple :)   I'll post pictures of it later. 

So far, this project hasn't had a good start, but the end result is so cute that I really want to finish it.  I finally figured out what size to cut out, and I have all the alterations figured out thanks to my 4-H teachers.  So, my homework before the next 4-H is to cut the pieces out of my "good" fabric, and also out of the underlining, the lining, and the interfacing.  Lots of cutting! :(  Personally, my least favorite part of sewing.

Wish me luck! :) 


Sorry about the highlights, I can't remove it.
♥ Arielle ♥

 

New Pattern

I would like to find a bag pattern that just works.  One that could be used over and over again to produce quality bags to sell or make as gifts.  Using old fabric from our stash, I created this bag from McCalls 5822.  I had high hopes for it, and it turned out very nice.  But in using it on a day-to-day basis, I really don't like it.  I just can't seem to find anything in it!  It doesn't open wide enough to look inside very well, and I made the mistake of using black fabric for the lining.  So the interior of my bag is dark and unfriendly. 

I do love the pansies though.  They remind me of my grandmother.  In the spring she would pick them from her yard and float them in a blue glass bowl on her dining room table.  Pansies always make me smile.