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Mad Men is ruining my life.

Tuesday, May 17

It's 11:30pm, and I am going to bed a very disappointed woman.
Today of all days, when I was inspired to sew, was the day my other half decided to watch Mad Men. Normally I sew in the living room, and he never bothers about the sweet music of my sewing machine. Today however, was Mad Men day.
I tried ignoring the steady increase of the tv volume. Firing away on my machine. The harder I pushed my foot pedal, the louder my machine squeaked, and of course, the louder the tv became. In the end, I gave up, turned off my machine, and resigned myself to another wasted night of no sewing. I started counting the seconds, realising with dread that every one took me closer to a June of limited outfits.
Sitting idle did help me though, because it gave me time to evaluate my assembly line tops. I decided to make each one different. They only have the same base obviously, but I want each one of them to have a unique feature. So, one will have a peter pan collar, one will have ruffles down the front, and the other one will have a band at the hem which will be tied.
I spent the rest of the evening figuring how to draft a peter pan collar, using my pattern drafting books, and ended up with this.

3 comments:

  1. My boyfriend puts the subtitles on the telly when I'm going mad on the sewing machine and he's watching something!

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  2. Now that's a good idea. I'll suggest that to him. Wonder if he'll find me amusing.

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  3. I love peter pan collars, so in my opinion this is going to look amazing ;o) I think it's a great idea to give all your tops a unique feature...can't wait to see them all!

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