Author: Denise
Completed first project!
I finished V1275. It’s a Today’s Fit long-sleeve T-shirt with ruching in the front panel. It was very easy and I really like it! I used a stretch jersey knit in an “Aztec” print that I bought from fabric.com a while back. I’m really focusing on trying to get my abundance of fabric under control. I found the fit to be really great as well. If your familiar with these patterns, the sizing is a little different, but for me it was very accurate. I made no adjustments to the pattern. I’m not sure how this would be in a solid, but I may give it a try at some point. Although I did my best to get the stripes lined up (and I think I did a pretty good job), next time I would use a print that didn’t require matching. but, I am very happy with it and it’s really comfortable. And as far as the ruching is concerned, I had never done it before, but found it to be much easier than I initially expected.
Organization & first project under way!
Last time I posted about how I needed to get my sewing area organized. I’m still working on that, but I have added some elements that are making that easier. My DH put a peg board on the wall for me so I’ll be able to get things off the desk and onto the wall. I also added a thread holder for my serger thread that I put on the wall so I can actually see the thread I have. As for my first project, I’m working on Vogue 1275. It’s a Today’s fit T-shirt. I am really determined to use as much of the stash of fabric I have this year as I can. Quite honestly, I’m running out of storage space for the fabric, so I need to use what I’ve got! This is supposed to be something easy to put together, so we’ll see how it goes.
