It's been an on and off battle to get my jacket pattern to fit right. The tissue pattern has so much tape on it I decided to buy tracing pellon that I can baste That means I have to trace out the pattern and be sure I get all the markings on it. To make it a little easier for DH to see what I'm talking about I decided to trace out both sides of the pattern so it when sewn together it's a muslin. The big problem for me is that when I trace my back starts hurting after an hour and I have to stop for the day. So it's a long process for me. It probably would take some one else about 30 minutes to do the entire thing. I'm being very careful and also marking the seam lines and that also slows me down more. I think one more session of tracing and marking and I'll be done and ready to baste everything together. To keep myself sane I cut one of DS old shirts apart and made a throw pillow out of it. I should have taken a picture, but dropped it off as soon as I finished sewing. I'm pleased with the way it cam out. I cut the front of the shirt with the pocket in place and the buttons buttoned and the back of the shirt for the back of the pillow. I looks pretty neat I think. It's a brown plaid and goes great in their new family room. They have brown leather furiture in there and the walls are are a dark tan. the plaid also has a dark tan in it almost the same color as the walls. DDIL is so pleased with what I did, that she said she was going to look for more old shirts for me. Juno
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13 years ago