An Angel Hinders Sewing Progress
May 11, 2008 sewing 2 CommentsAngel wasn’t quite so much of an angel yesterday. She has a sweet temperament, but she is also rather sneaky and stubborn. I thought she was acting odd when she went to the sewing room door (which I always keep closed so she can’t get in when I’m not there) and then I saw her open the door (hubby isn’t so good at closing the door properly) and come right back out with a big doggy grin on her face. Later in the day, I discovered why–she had decided to take care of “business number two” in the sewing room!!
She had an accident in there the other day and I guess she decided that will be her new place to “go”. I don’t think so–even if she did dig out an old issue of Sew News magazine (www.sewnews.com ) to distract me.
Even though Angel is doing her best to prevent me from sewing, I have made a little progress on the little girl’s dress, and when I say a little progress, I mean a little progress!
I have corrected my mistake and cut out the front of the dress, plus I have pressed the front and back yokes, so I’m almost ready to sew—whenever that will be, of course.
What confused me about this pattern is that I didn’t realize that the facing is included on the pattern piece so I didn’t allow enough fabric for that on the main skirt of the dress front. This particular pattern piece needed to be placed on the crosswise fold. The pattern piece is not placed on the fold, but the fabric is folded differently than it is when it comes off of the bolt.
It’s a little hard to see, but the fold lines are indicated on the front yoke pattern piece seen above.
This is the fabric as it looks on the crosswise fold. The fold is at the top of the picture instead of at the side, as the fabric comes off of the bolt. It’s easy to tell the straight of grain by simply pulling the fabric a bit; it will stretch if it is off grain. Folding the fabric this way solved my problem and allowed me to have enough fabric for the front of the pattern.
The above picture shows the pattern piece pinned to the fabric that is folded on the cross grain.
This is as much progress as I’ve made on this sewing project. I will have to see if Angel allows me to return to my sewing any time soon.
Happy Mother’s Day! My wish for all of you is lots of uninterrupted sewing time today and/or a nice trip to the fabric store.
Happy Sewing!










