I did also get sidetracked for two days and make a linen cap so that I'm not forced to wear my big hat all the time. Totally on me. Here's the progress so far.
Day 1-Friday
Pressed wool fabric, traced pattern, and cut on the new tailor's table. (I'll have to cover that in another post.)
Things to remember for next time: Wool is slippery and the bottom layer likes to wander when you're tracing and pinning leaving extra bits of fabric in the middle of the pattern piece. Next time I think that I will iron a second time after folding the fabric to make sure that the bottom layer is completely flat so that I won't have to make corrections to the big pieces after cutting.
Day 2- Saturday
Prepared knee opening on front pieces. Sewed front extensions, attached them to front pieces. Attached fall extensions to front pieces. Today's takeaway: wool is so much nicer to work with than linen and so much easier on your fingers.
Got distracted. Drafted, traced, and cut a pattern for a cap. Started sewing cap.
Day 4 - Monday
Still distracted. Finished the cap.
Day 5 - Tuesday
Attached pocket facing to on of the front pieces. Completed finishing top stitching on the pocket facing. Really would have like to have gotten both done. Oh, well. Hopefully, I can catch up tomorrow.
Post Day 5 Thoughts: I'm behind where I'd like to be, but I still think I can recover and finish these by next Saturday. We think that the baby has started napping on her own, so I may be able to get in some extra work over the weekend and catch up. I've also noticed a massive improvement in my sewing skills since making my first garment. The top stitching on these looks pretty great. Not perfect but passable.
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