I must have a screw loose, because to try and lift me from my sewing lull I decided to have one more try. ET voila!!
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Post christmas things continued to go wrong, but I wasn't going to be beaten so I made a few changes just to get it done. I cut so many corners its a wonder it didn't turn into a quilt. I got rid of the sleeves and put in elasticated straps instead.
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I finally handed it to little miss P today and she loves it (even though its not finished properly and its too big) but it turned out ok, especially the side drapes.
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Whilst filing the pattern away into my pile of sewing projects never ever to be repeated I couldn't decide if I'm a crap sewer for not being able to complete the pattern as intened, or in fact I was a genius sewer (yeah right) for being able to adapt it into something that I think works better. Hmmmm, actually what I decided was that I'm going to design a new simpler pattern which anyone can make without the trauma I've been through. I wonder what kind of sewer that makes me then?
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Whilst filing the pattern away into my pile of sewing projects never ever to be repeated I couldn't decide if I'm a crap sewer for not being able to complete the pattern as intened, or in fact I was a genius sewer (yeah right) for being able to adapt it into something that I think works better. Hmmmm, actually what I decided was that I'm going to design a new simpler pattern which anyone can make without the trauma I've been through. I wonder what kind of sewer that makes me then?
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