Like Days of Old
They claim that what has been learned in the past is not forgotten. I did ride a bike to no end in the past. I wouldn’t trust myself on one today. Put a scissors with thread and fuzz anywhere near me and I am in it . . . big time.
We had gone to Walmart in Fairmont last Monday. Dennis was purchasing paint and I schmoozed the dry goods. I found a cotton summer top. Me and summer is all about the breathable cotton. I liked the style, I liked the fit, I liked the $13.99 price tag. Hmm.
This morning, I laid said top down on the sewing tables and took a good look at it. Quite simplistic. Out came a few containers of fabric stash. I found some that I thought would work. The purchased top was stripped. The time spent on making a paper pattern I felt would be well spent. If I want to repeat this process, I would have it. I have seen some people lay an existing garment down with new fabric underneath it and away they go with scissors just a snipping. My luck . . . I would slice and dice into the garment that was being used as the pattern.
The sewing went well. I had not done a rolled neckline that was cut on the bias in decades. It did come to mind that if Megan’s project comes into fruition, the rolled neckline would indeed need to be done well. When all was said and done, I found just the right buttons from the Fairfax Button tree for the 3/4 length cuffs. No . . . there were no cuffs on the Walmart garment. My fabric was just shy of being the right width and the shirt was one piece from one sleeve to the other. Improvisation was needed. The cuffs needed to be added for the sleeves to be the correct length.
I had purchased a dress form from Amazon a bit ago. I dubbed it Mini-Meg as I hope to work on a skate competition garment for her later on this year. It seemed to be the perfect addition to the sewing studio. Today it was sweet to put my garment on Mini-Meg as I could judge as to how the rolled neckline laid. I liked the results a whole bunch. Like days of old, today was enjoyable doing something I had not tackled for decades. Grammie still has it!