Re: Not entirely OT -- sewing project woes

ROFLOL! Someone else like me! I tried to make a pair of trousers (labeled
easy - the islam type that go under a long tunic with a drawstring waist).
I can do this I thought. Yes, pig's are flying everywhere because them
trousers never got finished. The legs were easy but joining them to each
other and the waist and the ...... Hurled itno a corner never to be seen
agains....

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Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
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http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but
quicker)

"the black rose" <blackrosequilts@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9Ik2f.33713$K91.2979@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I make beautiful quilts, but I'm hopeless with a garment. So when the
> LQS scheduled sewing classes, I signed up. Having a project isn't
> required, but recommended. So with the next class coming up on Tuesday
> the 11th and being zippers, I leafed through my very small collection of
> patterns and found a jumper -- labeled EASY and requiring a zipper. Hot
> diggity, I thinks. I find some lightweight denim in my attic that's
> perfect, cut out the pieces, and set to work, figuring it wouldn't take
> long to get it to the point where the zipper goes in, and there I would
> stop until class.
>
> Ha. Ha ha.
>
> THE PATTERN LIED!!! Easy??? Easy my arthritic left big toe! It's got
> DARTS, and it's got GATHERS, and it's got TABS, and it's got BUTTONHOLES
> IN THE TABS, and it's got a BODICE LINING THAT ALSO HAS DARTS and you
> gotta TURN THINGS INSIDE OUT and oh my stars and garters it took me 6
> hours just to get the bodice partly done.
>
> *whimper*
>
> I can hear Kate Dicey the Garment Goddess laughing at me.
>
> What, I hear you ask, did I not read the instructions before starting?
> Sure I did. Didn't make any difference. I can't understand them anyway.
>
> At this rate, I might have it ready for the zipper a week after the
> class is over. Something in my brain just refuses to understand
> garments. It probably dates back to traumatic experiences in Home Ec in
> 7th grade.
>
> *cry*
>
> --
>
> the black rose
> Research Associate in the Field of Child Development and Human
> Relations
> http://community.webshots.com/user/blackrosequilts
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