Been a while since I have posted but I’ve not been idle
I started out with a simple waistcoat, once you get to grips with the huge size of the pattern and trying to understand the word used the rest is easy.
Well not easy.
1. At one point in my life I have worked with complex equations, strings of numbers and letters and very detailed blueprints of glass with less than one Millimetres tolerance but nothing NOTHING has baffled me as much as this sewing pattern.
2. Size. I’m a big lad a little on the chubby side but not much, there is just a lot of me so I cut out the XXL size I’m fine with that, what I’m not fine with is the sheer size of the pattern I am using, it’s huge bits of paper all over the place in an already cramped room.
3. Pinning is the bane of my life because you have to pin, if I learn nothing from this but pin pin and pin again it’s a good lesson. I’m not intending to give sewing tip as I know bugger all but I will say pin the pattern to the fabric you want to cut with the same attachment that a teenage girl has to her phone.
So…
As previously mentioned we use Freecycle and we collected a big bag of fabric a few weeks ago so sorting it out I decided on the fabric and set to work.
It took a good few hours to cut it out but perseverance took hold and I got there.
Judge the results for yourself.
I’m proud of it.
But I didn’t stop there oh no.
I am hoping to set up a market stall along with my etsy shop, so I am in the process of making a few more waistcoats, but I have learned my lesson about making them all my size as I want each and everyone I finish. So I am making things I can’t physically fit in.
But I do like this one.
I also made my shirt finally, took some time but I am rather impressed with the results if I do say so myself.
So all in all I’m a happy man.