Sewing is all about proportions–the amount of ease in a sweater, the length in a skirt that allows you to sit down.
This morning, trying to plan what I might be able to pack for my trip, I realize that I’m overlooking another truth about proportions, in sewing.
[…] exactly the same to anyone else, but to me, it is now unquestionably finished, and it avoided that Pile of Doom, which is an accomplishment in my […]
[…] At any rate, it was a perfect mess, to wear. I could pull it into place long enough to take a photo, but in the full motion of everyday life, I had shoulders falling off, bra straps exposed, parts riding up, other parts sagging this way and that. Unfortunately, this one’s going back on my pile of projects which still need some significant work, to make wearable. […]
Ohhhhh, so true! LOL
[cringe]
I know the feeling.