Pillowcase for a sweet girl, number one

This is a birthday present for someone special.

Hattie. A Movie. Actually 2 movies.

Hi Annie! Hattie wants to share!

Next project: the pegged skirt

This will be my first project using my new Wild Ginger PatternMaster software.  I should have waited and done a fitting garment first, but I wanted a black skirt to wear with Read All About It when we go to the museum tomorrow (Gauguin!).  It's not going to happen however, since I've got a frightful migraine, but at least I made a start.  And obviously I have a lot to learn.  The pattern printed out on 44 sheets, due to my not having completely read the manual.  But I find manuals make more sense if you've actually used the software already.  I then pieced the pages together, and traced them onto swedish pattern paper, and found that the skirt will be much longer than I intended -- pay attention to details!  Now I'm going to go sit in the dark somewhere.

It's going to be a mid-calf length pegged skirt, with three darts on each side in the front and the back, and either a kick pleat or a back slit.  No pockets this time, and unlined.

Read All About It, op-ed page

Finished! And in my humble opinion, it's pretty good!

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Annie, it's fabulous! Your neckband looks perfect! I am violating the rules of the Selfish Seamstress and sewing something for someone else. And it's bbboorrrrinngg! Gah! I can hardly wait til it's done and I can get back to fun sewing.
--Sis

Read All About It, page 3

Okay, a couple of pictures to show where the words have fallen.  I hope I'm not going to feel like I'm wearing a newspaper.  Hmm, should have thought of that.

Front

Back

Read All About It, page 2

Whew!  I just finished cutting it out, and it took a long time -- all of Mahler's first, and halfway through the Marriage of Figaro -- because I had to keep moving pieces around to avoid the word BIG falling you know where.  But I did it.  The big letters will go across the upper chest (no way to avoid it) but not the word BIG.

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Dear Annie,

Busy, busy, blah, blah, blah. SOME people have plenty of time to sew up new and newsworthy projects. OTHER people have plenty of lousy excuses for not doing anything. The table has stuff on it! I have to feed the cat! I can't find the sewing machine! Sheesh. I could lie and say that I'm going to sew up a storm this weekend, but I think we all know that probably won't happen.

Oh, wait - I did finish something! Louise Cutting's Ebb (not Flow), finally got its buttons! I don't have great pictures. Why didn't we put it on Dahlia, Annie? I'll post these for now and add better ones later. The fabric is a beautiful lightweight brown wool with kind of a seersucker texture. It's really comfortable to wear and I made only a few changes - I lengthened the bodice by about an inch and I shortened the overall length and left out the side vents. The buttons are vintage shell that I got at Expo two years ago. I really love this pattern and will probably make it again in something summery.