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white_hart ([personal profile] white_hart) wrote2021-04-05 07:09 pm
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Holiday making (95/365)

(I remember years ago "Making Monday" was a thing in the craft blogosphere. Maybe I should revive that?)

My biggest plan for my holiday was making a boiler suit. It turned out that boiler suits take quite a lot of sewing, so it took me several days, but I finished it on Saturday afternoon and immediately put it on to go out to meet my swimming friends.
a white woman with short hair and glasses stands in a garden, wearing a dark red boiler suit over a blue and white striped t-shirt.

I did also sew up the basic garment out of an old sheet first, to check fit, so that was some of the time it took, though it turned out not to need any adjustments at all from the plus-size version of the pattern, which was cut for a D-cup rather than the normal B and also has darts at the back waist which the normal version doesn't. It's a while since I've installed a zip, but mine ended up coming out very neatly, and it turns out that setting in sleeves isn't even something I find particularly difficult any more. And I'm absolutely delighted with the finished garment, even if it does turn out that boiler suits are surprisingly hard to get out of quickly.

I also made another set of underwear, this time with space print on.
a crop-top bra and matching pants in teal fabric with a print of old-fashioned space rockets and planets, with royal blue elastic trim

I am very pleased with these too.
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[personal profile] ankaret 2021-04-07 10:31 am (UTC)(link)
Me too. Though I suppose a top hat would have livened up some of the rather bland outfits on offer.