Megan ByrneProgress on the Black Skirt
September 16th 2006 02:38
I'm so very happy that Friday the 15th is almost over where I live. There were no disasters and no surprises, but there were interruptions that I either didn't count on or didn't realize would take up so much room in my brain. Anyway, before tomorrow comes with its' special brand of things that go bump to my psyche, let me talk about the progress I've been able to make on the black skirt.
In my first post, I mentioned that the skirt started out as a size 20 and I'm more of a 6. If it were the other way around, the job would have a different set of rules altogether. Things being what they are, however, this is not an insurmuntable task.
I've learned the hard way that some things have no shortcuts and this project is one of those things. The waistband had to come completely off, the hem ripped out and the back detached from the front.
When the skirt was in pieces, it kind of showed me what to do with it from there. I measured the back to fit my body and measured along the open sides to make sure the left would be even with the right. Then I basted along my new seam line. For me, that's a necessary step because I don't like to cut first and cry later. The basting gave me a sure line.
Once I could see where the new seam would go, I basted the back and the front together at the sides with the basting on the back exactly matching the old seam stitch on the front.
Then the phone rang again. Then a friend popped over. Then I decided to write this. The skirt can wait; I'm tired now.
Peace
In my first post, I mentioned that the skirt started out as a size 20 and I'm more of a 6. If it were the other way around, the job would have a different set of rules altogether. Things being what they are, however, this is not an insurmuntable task.
I've learned the hard way that some things have no shortcuts and this project is one of those things. The waistband had to come completely off, the hem ripped out and the back detached from the front.
When the skirt was in pieces, it kind of showed me what to do with it from there. I measured the back to fit my body and measured along the open sides to make sure the left would be even with the right. Then I basted along my new seam line. For me, that's a necessary step because I don't like to cut first and cry later. The basting gave me a sure line.
Once I could see where the new seam would go, I basted the back and the front together at the sides with the basting on the back exactly matching the old seam stitch on the front.
Then the phone rang again. Then a friend popped over. Then I decided to write this. The skirt can wait; I'm tired now.
Peace
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