So lets see how long it takes to make something with a baby...
8/10-9/10 I stuck together the pattern sheets and cut out my size
10/10-11/10 Washed and dried the fabric (yep, with a 2 month old baby there is a queue for space on the airer)
13/10-14/10 Cutting out the fabric
15/10-21/10 Got as far as making up the bodice, sleeves and skirt to do.The fabric I bought is horrible - it was really difficult to cut because it woudn't lie flat after folding (the cutting layout calls for foding both sides to the middle which makes it worse), and it also has really poor recovery - after the camisole edges ended up badly stretched from applying the binding, I had to switch to stitching everything with the waking foot, which is a shame cos I just figured out how to use one of the feet that came with my machine to do perfectly spaces top stitching! Oh well, hopefully a wash will sort out the bits that are already stetched as I don't have any extra to cut new pieces.
22/10- ?
So in total, it took days! The funny thing is that it didn't actually feel that long, maybe because the general trend of how much I could do each day was upwards (notice I said general trend - he has good days an bad days!) There was a bit of a break through when i realised that he actually sleeps much better in the living room with the sound of the TV and the sewing machine than he does in the quiet bedroom in his bed.
8/10-9/10 I stuck together the pattern sheets and cut out my size
10/10-11/10 Washed and dried the fabric (yep, with a 2 month old baby there is a queue for space on the airer)
13/10-14/10 Cutting out the fabric
15/10-21/10 Got as far as making up the bodice, sleeves and skirt to do.The fabric I bought is horrible - it was really difficult to cut because it woudn't lie flat after folding (the cutting layout calls for foding both sides to the middle which makes it worse), and it also has really poor recovery - after the camisole edges ended up badly stretched from applying the binding, I had to switch to stitching everything with the waking foot, which is a shame cos I just figured out how to use one of the feet that came with my machine to do perfectly spaces top stitching! Oh well, hopefully a wash will sort out the bits that are already stetched as I don't have any extra to cut new pieces.
22/10- ?
So in total, it took days! The funny thing is that it didn't actually feel that long, maybe because the general trend of how much I could do each day was upwards (notice I said general trend - he has good days an bad days!) There was a bit of a break through when i realised that he actually sleeps much better in the living room with the sound of the TV and the sewing machine than he does in the quiet bedroom in his bed.
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