A good blogger I'm not - obviously! About 1 post a year seems to be all I can come with. It's a shame that I know so little - I started a post about this robe and saved it (so I thought) but it doesn't seem to be here anymore! So this is a start over!
I'm determined to sew up some of the fabric I have accumulated - not a lot by any means - but we are going to go to a retirement community, hopefully in the not too distant future. I have made a decision to give up my sewing room and all the wonderful things in it. Any fabric I haven't been able to use will go to someone who would appreciate it - I hope. I will take my sewing machine - there is always mending of some sort to do - and thread, odds and ends. I actually like buying clothes and I can usually buy a better fit than I can sew.
The Robe! No, not the movie! Pattern called for about 4 yards of 45" - I made it last year but made it too big so this was a second attempt. I only had 2/1/2 yards of a black & white print purchased in Hawaii 15+ years ago so I was definitely setting myself up for frustration. I ended up cutting 6" off the length, about 3" off the sleeve length then cutting a solid black to add back to the bottoms. I ended up having to piece the front facings to get the length. I added inseam pockets - also out of plain black and got them a little too low but they will work.
The robe I made last year went together to easily - I think I did most of it in an afternoon - but this one has been a multi-day nightmare. If anything could go wrong it did! But - it is done and I'm not sure I would ever do it again.
So, in all its glory, I present my new robe:
With a closeup of the pieced facing.
I'm actually sort of pleased with it after all - the buttons are a little small for the '"rat tail" loops and may have to be changed at some point but for now they are staying.
Next project will be finishing a green linen dress I cut out last spring and never got around to it!
I'm determined to sew up some of the fabric I have accumulated - not a lot by any means - but we are going to go to a retirement community, hopefully in the not too distant future. I have made a decision to give up my sewing room and all the wonderful things in it. Any fabric I haven't been able to use will go to someone who would appreciate it - I hope. I will take my sewing machine - there is always mending of some sort to do - and thread, odds and ends. I actually like buying clothes and I can usually buy a better fit than I can sew.
The Robe! No, not the movie! Pattern called for about 4 yards of 45" - I made it last year but made it too big so this was a second attempt. I only had 2/1/2 yards of a black & white print purchased in Hawaii 15+ years ago so I was definitely setting myself up for frustration. I ended up cutting 6" off the length, about 3" off the sleeve length then cutting a solid black to add back to the bottoms. I ended up having to piece the front facings to get the length. I added inseam pockets - also out of plain black and got them a little too low but they will work.
The robe I made last year went together to easily - I think I did most of it in an afternoon - but this one has been a multi-day nightmare. If anything could go wrong it did! But - it is done and I'm not sure I would ever do it again.
So, in all its glory, I present my new robe:
With a closeup of the pieced facing.
I'm actually sort of pleased with it after all - the buttons are a little small for the '"rat tail" loops and may have to be changed at some point but for now they are staying.
Next project will be finishing a green linen dress I cut out last spring and never got around to it!
