Even though my sewing is proceeding slower than a snail on Benadryl, somehow I manage to justify fabric purchases.
Behold the latest acquisitions:
Cream rayon/lycra jersey. On sale from a vendor I haven't tried before, the service and quality were fine but, oh, my, the shipping. Took that piece of fabric from the listed price of 8.96/yd to 13.89/yd, once the math was done. Sigh. Don't know if there's an optimal amount to purchase to minimize the shipping cost...may or may not try them again to find out.
All in search of a white or near-white knit that is not translucent. Still searching.
The rest are from Fabric Mart's recent knit sale. The first, a cotton/lycra interlock knit in a bright cherry red; thinking comfy tunics but we'll see. The other two pieces are a true windfall...I ordered 2 1/2 yards, but as it turned out, my order came in just as the bolt of poly/rayon/lycra double-sided doubleknit was at the end of the road...and they did not have 2.5 yards in one piece. So they sent me 2 - 2yd pieces. Black on one side, burgundy on the other. It feels wonderful.
I see something colorblocked in my near future from this. ;-)
But I am working away on a project...little bit by little bit. You can see the pattern behind the fabric; I'm tracing/doing the first-pass alterations on McCall's 6436, looking for the Basic Shirt TnT pattern for the white shirt that was supposed to be in the SWAP in the early part of the year. I've been tracing about one-two pieces each time I can grab a minute...I'm about done tracing. I'm going to pull out some of the inexpensive shirting I've got stashed and make a test run on it. So far I've shortened the sleeves, narrowed the shoulders and adjusted the curve on the front hem slightly. I will have to reduce the circumference of the sleeve cuff; true to what I have observed with the Palmer/Pletsch patterns, the cuff is HUGE. It looks like I'll need to shorten it about 1 1/2 inches, and adjust the sleeve accordingly. But I'm almost ready to put fabric on the table.
This fall is shaping up to be really, really busy; I think all Saturdays in October are booked. I'm beginning to despair of getting my last SWAP plan finished before the next one kicks in...
Easy to justify those beautiful fabrics, and the shipping costs are always the downer to fabric buying. I love McCall's 6436 and have made up a few of the sleeveless version over the years. Never looked at the cuff before now, and you are right, it is on the big side ... J
ReplyDeleteAlways easy to justify fabric, isn't it :-)
ReplyDeleteHonest...unless I start sewing more, it's getting harder and harder...well, maybe less easy ;-)
DeleteHmmm, I know the feeling. I've GOT to get some things out of the fabric stage and into the clothing stage LOL
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