Workin' Myself Ragged

I've been dealing with some urgent issues at work lately - water quality failures and difficult staff. It sucks when you think you're doing a pretty good job and then someone comes along and insinuates that you didn't do right by them, which is now the reason they're in trouble. It makes me second guess myself and then I stew over whether I adequately defended myself or acted like a pushover. I refuse to let other people treat me like I don't know anything. But, of course, I don't want to be a bitch about it either. Blah.

Anyways, I have been drafting up patterns for a skirt with pockets and a tank top with a yoke. Haven't actually tested the patterns out yet, but I will show you when I do.

This and this is the basis for my drafted skirt and tank top pattern, respectively.

And to end on a positive note:


by miamizeiss'


from ish and chi


from piperlime

Drafted T-shirt

I purchased Design-It-Yourself Clothes: Patternmaking Simplified several days ago because I wanted to go beyond my measly collection of six patterns without spending too much money. The book begins with drafting a skirt pattern, but I skipped it and tried my hand at making a t-shirt instead. (Though I plan to go back and attempt a skirt so that I can make something like this skirt.) Let me just say that drafting is fun! It takes me back to those math classes of my youth where I would plot points on a graph, connect points, and draw curves. Who knew that being good at geometry would make drafting easier?

Anywho, so I now have a t-shirt pattern for me and only for me (or someone with my exact measurements). Anxious to see how I fared, I purchased a beige striped knit fabric from Stone Mountain, as well as some other knits, cut out the pattern pieces and began sewing. Yesterday I completed the shoulder and side seams. Today, I set the sleeves, added a neckband, and made some minor adjustments. This is the product so far:



All I have to do now is decide whether I want to leave the sleeve and bottom hem unfinished. Part of me wants a nice hemmed t-shirt. The other part of me is lazy and thinks it's fine the way it is.