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Making (64/365)
Mar. 5th, 2021 07:57 pmAs those of you who follow me elsewhere already know, my preferred way of dealing with pandemic stress was to try to block it all out by spending all my free time sewing. I realised I hadn't been recording it systematically, but in the last 12 months I have made:
6 pairs of dungarees (one of which was a test version in unbleached calico which was slightly too small, and then I dyed them with Dylon and they got even smaller, so were relegated to the clothes swap bag once I'd made the next pair.
3 pairs of trousers.
2 pairs of shorts (a spur of the moment decision, squeezed out of leftover fabric, when the weather was forecast to be in the 30s for several days last August).
6 t-shirts (one of which I didn't like the shape of, so I cut it up and repurposed it as underwear).
8 woven t-shirts.
3 pull-on collared shirts.
4 button-up shirts.
4 crop-top bras (one of which was made of fabric that turned out not to have enough stretch and which pulled into holes at the seams, but the other three of which are comfy and supportive and so much better than underwired bras).
3 pairs of pants.
1 towelling changing robe (made from cheap bath sheets).
I have also knitting two cardigans and three pairs of socks, and have very nearly finished a jumper.
Currently I'm making another set of underwear (in fabric with tigers on!), have bought fabric for several more shirts (I really like wearing button-up shirts for work, now I can make ones which fit properly) and am seriously contemplating a boiler suit...
6 pairs of dungarees (one of which was a test version in unbleached calico which was slightly too small, and then I dyed them with Dylon and they got even smaller, so were relegated to the clothes swap bag once I'd made the next pair.
3 pairs of trousers.
2 pairs of shorts (a spur of the moment decision, squeezed out of leftover fabric, when the weather was forecast to be in the 30s for several days last August).
6 t-shirts (one of which I didn't like the shape of, so I cut it up and repurposed it as underwear).
8 woven t-shirts.
3 pull-on collared shirts.
4 button-up shirts.
4 crop-top bras (one of which was made of fabric that turned out not to have enough stretch and which pulled into holes at the seams, but the other three of which are comfy and supportive and so much better than underwired bras).
3 pairs of pants.
1 towelling changing robe (made from cheap bath sheets).
I have also knitting two cardigans and three pairs of socks, and have very nearly finished a jumper.
Currently I'm making another set of underwear (in fabric with tigers on!), have bought fabric for several more shirts (I really like wearing button-up shirts for work, now I can make ones which fit properly) and am seriously contemplating a boiler suit...
