Messy Sketchy Saturday
I honestly haven’t had much time to sketch this week. I did try a variation of Ms. Bunny’s dress, but with doubled seam allowances in places to allow for French or flat felled seams, but that resulted in a definite craft fail.
I personally find doll clothing to be so tiny that the extra bulk of French seams just made everything stiff and bulky. Flat felled didn’t work at all on the deeper curving seams and I had to throw one entire test dress away because it was just too much to rip out and re-stitch.
So that feels a bit like a step forward and a step back. It’s not much fun to make a dress alteration and then realize the earlier pattern pieces were better.
But then again, I learned something! That’s definitely progress and I won’t have to try those seams again, at least not with this dress. I’m going to finish the seams with a combination of zigzag and top stitching. That combination results in a beautiful flat seam that takes up very little space inside the garment and will hold up to heavy wear from little hands.
No, the hurricane hasn’t been an issue for us… yet. Lots of rain and high winds are in the fore cast so I’m keeping an eye on it. I did bring the Singer 27 treadle inside so if we lose power, I can still sew! The only downside is it’s currently in three very heavy pieces, spread across the living room floor and adding to the general mess. Uggh!
Oh well, sometimes life goes according to plan and sometimes things get messy. Just have to roll with it!
Let’s go quilt,
Leah Day
