Well, I'm still working on costuming for the play at Jamestown. The costumer asked me to do eyelets (hand worked) on the collars of the shirts I made, so I said, sure, no problem. Oops. I haven't done these before, so did what I thought I should do and ended up with the ickiest mess you ever saw. She and I got together yesterday to go over what comes next (Angolan outfits) and I showed her my "eyelet." She took thread and needle and whip stitched around the hole and voila, eyelet. I was trying to do a buttonhole/blanket type stitch and it was just making a mess. I got home last night and made 22 eyelets while watching TV. I rock :)
Next I get to do inserts - kind of a rectangular gusset. It's so cool learning from her. And I thought I *knew* how to sew!