I Sewed Yesterday!
Having finished all the paint touch-ups Monday, (doesn't that look better?) and it being almost 90 degrees and too hot to be outside, I worked on the corduroy jacket. It has more stretch to it than is really good for this pattern, so there was a lot of ripping out and hand-basting yesterday--which is still more enjoyable than house prep, though maybe not by much. I've made this pattern so many times that the instructions are looking a little thrashed: One more jacket and I'll probably have them memorized, so it's not tragic, but it is sort of funny to try to work with it. The real low-point was getting some semi-dissolved wash-away stabilizer stuck to it. This came yesterday: Now this is the second request for money from the American Red Cross since I applied for a job there. Sure, they can take forever getting back to you, screw around with the interview times and generally waste tons and tons of your time, but they're hot ...