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I, for one, have had an eventful Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Sewing: The boys' white shirts are done!!!! I gave them and my dad a box of fabric and a pattern for Christmas. That's Christmas 2005. I've had these mo…
So far today I have: 1. Taught myself how to sew buttonholes by hand. (Three practice ones.) 2. Discovered I only need to do fifteen buttonholes to finish the shirts, not eighteen. 3. Knocked out five button…
One weekend, three evenings, and two dozen shows of "The Shadow" later, the boys' white 1860s shirts all have collars. They're nifty stand-up collars, too, and seem to fit perfectly. I don't know how. (For you who …
(^^^^ No subject line! HA!) Candied pineapple is YUM. My eye makeup yesterday looked better than it did Tuesday or Wednesday. Perhaps that's because on Tuesday and Wednesday I was paying more attention to my Saint bo…
Update: Metaphorical Laundry List

1. Mail fabric Saturday morning to a lady in New York. Actually did NOT mail, because I forgot the post office was closed for Veteran's Day. But Bro. No. 1 will post it Monday morning. 2. Pick up blue velvet eb…
A Metaphorical Laundry List

The second round of midterms is over. I didn't study nearly as much as I would've liked for the accounting test last night. HOWever, by the time I handed it in I felt very sure of the answers. I'd start working a set …
I actually do take pictures!

In this picture, you can see how the squares-and-rectangles shirt is being modified. There are now shoulder seams, at a fairly steep angle. And there are armholes, but only very shallow cutouts from the still-strai…
The Disappearing Gathers, or, Spontaneous Shrinkage: Fact or Fiction?

Last weekend was a long weekend, but I had stuff going on and didn'tever have a long sewing session. (Family pictures on Friday, party towatch The Fellowship of the Ring Friday night, boss's barbeque an houraway in Wea…
A Short Weekend and a Long Update

I slept late Saturday morning. That is, I didn't roll out of bed until 8:50. My family was making a lot of noise, and I heard them, but just didn't care... Sometimes it's just pleasant to be semi-awake, knowing I don't…
Further sewing news

Since this was an off Friday weekend*, I spent most of it sewing on the boys' shirts. These are Past Patterns #007 Two Mid-Nineteenth Century Shirts. They have the fancy pleated fronts to them. I'm doing the bodies an…