I made a toile of Simplicity 1462 out of an old bed sheet that fit pretty well. It just needs a thin sliver taking out at the top of the front princess seam, then it should be good.
It actually fit so well that I almost wish I had used a dressmaking fabric. But it would have heart-breaking if I had messed up, again. I just can't cope with yet another project that doesn't quite pan out. I've had enough of those, can't deal with it already again. So it's a good thing I found a great pattern, never mind that it won't be a wearable toile, that's just too bad. Phew. Glad that's off my chest.
I want to make two of these blouses at pretty much the same time. A bit like a conveyor belt process: just get both fabrics cut out, transfer markings and then sew 'em up. One of those urges of: 'let's just go for it, churn it out, no double guessing: just do it'.
Imagine my horror when I found only one (plain blue) fabric in my stash that seemed suitable. And no second. Oh God. This is really bad.
Since then I located another one that will do, at a pinch. I don't have the photo to hand, but its very similar to this black and white cotton, just the other way round of the dominant colour:
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| Just like 'that dress': this is black and white, not blue. I swear. |
I'm not sure how princess seams and raglan sleeves will look in this. Whether the checks will be a complete pain in the butt to try and match or if I'll go for an obvious mismatch? I haven't decided yet. I might just change my mind and try to find a third fabric to use instead.
Why is this so hard? I have hundreds of fabrics and surely there have to be several that I can use to make blouses with? I thought I had everything and that all the fabrics I own had so much potential. I am finding the uselessness of my stash quite upsetting to tell the truth. How can I not have the fabrics that I want to use? Why did I buy all of these and what for?
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Anyway, back to my headline: I do have a deadline.
I just realised that there is a fabric shopping trip organised for 13 June. If I haven't made these two blouses by then with whatever fabrics I can find in my stash, then I know what I'll be unable to resist: more fabric shopping. Obviously. For a fabric that I want for this blouse.
I must make both blouses before that day comes round. Once I've got them done, then I'll know if I still want to make a third blouse. If I don't get them done, then I will add yet another fabric to my stash because I think that it'll be the solution to my "can't find a suitable fabric for this pattern" issue. Which isn't even true - I should just use whatever is big enough as long as it's half way the right kind of weight. I really shouldn't um and err about this! But I do want to be able to visualise the blouse and I can only do that when I find the fabric appealing {sticks lower lip out}
This stash-eroding business is stupidly tough. Grumble.
Update 1: I did cut out the sleeves in the plain blue fabric. That's how far I got. I'll post a photo of this soon.
I want to add some more on this point, but it's a bit involved. Enough for half a blog post! Oh well...
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