aperiodic check-in!

[yhlee]

Howdy!

What have you sewn lately? What are your plans for April? Any extremely pettable fabrics or interesting patterns or techniques?

I have aspirationally picked up a pattern for boxers and plan on tormenting my Long-Suffering Husband by making him be my guinea Joe. :) I've never sewn knit fabric before so this will be an adventure. Also considering a jacket pattern (McCall's M8474) although possibly basting it up in muslin will reveal that I AM NOT READY. I aspirationally picked up the matching pants pattern as well, but in looking at the fabric, uh, apparently I'm okay with my black-with-silver-glittery-things fabric for a jacket but not pants?

In a completely different direction, I am semi-seriously considering making a plush felt model of, uh, the muscles of the arm, complete with detachable velcro'd muscles and color-coding, because I am going to remember the coracobrachialis if it kills me. I took a figure drawing/anatomy for artists online workshop earlier this year and I loved it, but I have no visual memory so diagrams are hard. And this is the "for artists" version where they group things together and it's only surface anatomy!! But I have tactile/kinesthetic memory just fine, so I'm wondering if constructing a model would cement the anatomy in my head?? Y'all may now all flee. :)

Comments

[nou]

I love your idea of making an arm muscles model! You absolutely should.

Re updates, I’ve mainly been mending and embroidering.

Mending: patching yet more bedding (as previous); and also since I started making myself linen tops, I’ve discovered that they mainly like to go in holes under the arms (by the time my t-shirts do this they’ve usually failed in several other ways too so aren’t worth mending), so I patched one of those as well. I’ve found the best way to do this is to undo enough of the seams that I can sew the patch in flat, then re-do the seams afterwards. (This also applies to patching the inner thighs of trousers.)

Embroidering: I finished the paisley trouser panels I previously posted about and started on a little narrow band to go below them at the trouser hem. My previous plan had been to use shisha embroidery for the band (I even bought the mirrors and made a sampler!), but then I learned about guilloche stitch and realised I wanted to use that instead. Photos of panels and part of the band are below (click to embiggen).

[blythely]

This paisley embrodery is GORGEOUS! I bet the finished project will look incredible. *admires*

[nou]

Thank you! I’m a little bit concerned it’s going to be a flop, but we shall see :) If I don’t like it, I can always take the trousers apart and use the embroidery for something else.