Frustration!

Thank you Kate, for sharing - I will feel so much better now when I screw up :-) Now, I can say to myself, "remember even Kate has a bad day once in a while" :-) Have a great weekend, you deserve it after the bridesmaid dresses!

Carey

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Oh Kate, I feel for you! Hope they came out OK in the end.

Cutting the hole bit reminded me of my needlework class at school (Maidenhead High - now Newlands, Berks). While snipping the collar of a top, I managed to cut a hole that was well over 1". I was horrified and the teacher even more so!. The worst bit was that we had a fashion show planned to exhibit our work. The teacher suggested I wear a broach and lent me one. I am now so careful when I cut anything. I have also instilled that into our daughter after she managed to slice a chair cover I had made! It must run in the family.

Viviane

Hope you have a lovely weekend away. :)

Just thought I'd throw out a "pat on the head" and a "there, there, dear." ;)

I've been there with you. At least the pants will still fit James. I did the same thing with a shirt for my son. Started on it last spring. Had it down to putting in the sleeves (flat construction) buttons and buttonholes and the hem. Then it would have been all done. Sleeves were even hemmed already. Can't even remember why I had to put it aside. Probably a rush paying job.

Anyway.... Picked it back up the night before school started. Got it all finished and it was wonderful. He wore it to school the first day. I noticed it was a little snug through the shoulders. Didn't think much of it. When I laundered it a few days later, he'd "Incredible Hulked" out of the underarm seam. Looked like he stretched too far and ripped the seam a little. :( I repaired it and he might get one more wearing out of that shirt. This means he will be outgrowing all his "button" shirts. This one was a size larger than the first batch. lol So I better find some time to do more shirts for him.

Ah the joys of clothing the "growing like weeds" set. :) The good part is they love the clothes we make for them. That makes it all worthwhile.

Sharon

I think these trousers were cursed from the start! I finished them off today, but not without snipping another tiny hole in them! GRRR! again! Luckily, with the cammo pattern in black, navy and purple (a grey purple not a bright purple!), all mends are well disguised.

James loves them anyway! They are set to become his favourite out of school scruffing about britches! They are fashionably baggy and long (with additional 6" hems for letting down), and with their history, the last thing I'm going to bother about is whether or not he gets paint on them from building plastic models with his dad grass stains in the garden, or the occasional hole from tree or climbing frame playing.

They got his top accolade: I put them on him for a last try-on to make sure the elastic is right in the waist, and he refused to take them off again! Who says it's only girls who like clothes made by mum?

I now have some multi-pocketed gillet/vests to make for him and the nephews as part of their Christmas treats. The things we do for love... ;)

Glad the cherub loves them Kate! It sounds like they are the perfect out of school clothes. He'll wear them into pieces, I'm sure.

Maureen

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