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I finally got my flu shot AND bivalent booster, and I’m glad I did it before getting on a plane for my cousin’s wedding next week, but I have to go drive into class now, and all I want to do is close my eyes and sleep. Writing workshop tonight too. Sigh. Well, I put […]

In between all the sari blouse sewing, I sewed up a few of my Wonderland mushroom pattern scarves. These will go in the top tier Patreon boxes for autumn. We closed those boxes to subscription / purchase on Monday, so anyone signing up now will be signing up for the next box, which is probably

Last step — sewing up the sides, and then it was time to try it on for real — and look, it fits! I guess the measurements I took beforehand were accurate, and I bought the right size pattern for me. It’s a tiny bit loose at the bottom, but that’s very easy to take

Sari blouse — setting in the sleeves. I was really intimidated by this, because it’s been a long time since I sewed anything with sleeves (I think I’ve only done it once), and I kept putting off this step. But I’m honestly not sure why I was intimidated, because there was nothing to it in

More facing, this time for the neckline. Am I right that if I have double-fold bias tape, in either matching or pleasantly contrasting fabric, I can just use that instead of making all these separate facing pieces?

Went back and fixed the front plackets on the sari blouse — these are now ready to have hooks and eyes attached. My sewing is not the neatest, but that’s okay; I’m learning.

I had one more that I was going to dress in a sari and put out on the peacock bench with the figure in blue, but I ran out of time — oh well! Maybe next year. I do like the blue jacket on the new gold skeleton — striking!