One finished, one progressed

Finished the girl's coat. Hand sewn button holes, sleeve hems & bottom hem. Go me.

Made progress on Mariah. Left front is done. Working on the right front, I have about 3 more cables to finish before the bottom ribbing is done, then on to stockinette for the remainder. Once the right front is done, time to tackle the yoke & put all the pieces together. Picture is still on the camera & I'm too tired to go after it right now. Maybe tomorrow.

Looked at another house today, this one is pretty interesting. It will need some work, but it's a 5 bedroom, 3 bath, so I think it will be worth it in the long run. We'll know something more by the end of the week.

I need Buttons!

The coat is together. I am pleased with everything but the hem. I sewed the hem on the machine, so it has some funny puckering that I'm not sure if I can correct without hand sewing it. For the moment, I am considering it nearly finished. Off to Jo-Ann's tomorrow to find some buttons, get those on & the button holes made, and it will be done!

Coat progress

Sewing is almost instant gratification. You have pieces, you sit down to the machine, spend 30 minutes to an hour, and you have something. (As long as it's not terribly complicated or has LOTS of pieces. So, an hour or so last night, and hour tonight, I have this:

Emily's Coat

Since nothing else seems to be coming together. House fell through, sweater languishing in my knitting bag, etc. I started a new project last night. The fabric has been in my stash for a year or so, project in mind, but no pattern & no guts to forge ahead. Luckily, most fabric shops have been running pattern sales recently, so I picked up a McCall's pattern for a girl's fleece coat. It's in progress with modifications. Mainly, it will have 2 layers, at least. I have a nifty corderoy for the outside, and the lining will be fleece.



Last night, I did the fabric yoga after the kids went to bed. Cleaned out the living room floor, got the cutting mat out, & laid out all my pieces. Twice. I was up till midnight, but it was good. I got everything but the interfacing cut. (And the hat, but I'm not convinced I'm going to make that yet.)

Tonight, the sewing started. The fleece lining is together!!!



Asked Em to try it on & see how it fit. It's a bit big, but that fleece is stretching like a maniac. I'm glad I got the corderoy to give it some structure.



I started sewing the corderoy together, then realized, oops, I need to put interfacing on the front edges. Time to rip back, get my interfacing cut & tomorrow night I will sew some more!