Disaster 1: trying to cut a pattern that calls for 1m 20 of fabric from a 96cm piece.
Problem solved by cutting the front and back as 2 separate pieces and adding a seam allowance then stitching them together.
Disaster 2: choosing the slipperiest, stretchiest lurex fabric ever. Like juggling eels. Fabric sliding about in the sewing machine; wonky, puckered seams...
Problem solved with my wonderful walking foot. More about that in a later post. More even seams, fabric behaving itself a bit better.
Disaster 3: ahem... Forgetting to include the waistband when I traced the pattern. (See also Disaster1). I thought the top was looking a bit short so I tried it on for size before attempting to sew the binding to the neckline. Spot the difference:
I didnt have enough fabric left to cut the waistband out so I had cobble together the scraps into Frankenstein's waistband.
With the waistband attached, I have now hand-sewn the neckline binding and I just need to hem it and finish the sleeves. I'm hoping it will be wearable and I think the pattern itself will be great in an easier-to-sew fabric and with the pattern actually cut out properly. Oh we'll: you live, you sew, you learn...
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