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It's been awhile since I did some serious sewing. Life sometimes gets in the way. Since Christmas I've done a few sewing jobs for some customers and hemmed several athletic pants for me for some physical therapy on my injured knee. Yes, I hurt my knee and so I've been hobbling around.
I told my husband if needed he would just have to move my sewing room upstairs on the main floor. (I don't think he was too thrilled about that idea. Me neither!) My sewing room is down in our finished basement. I love our basement, but my knee doesn't. Thankfully, with physical therapy, I think it's getting better. One of these days I'm going to be running down the stairs to my beloved sewing room!
But if all goes well, tomorrow I plan to get back to working on this jacket that is taking way too long, in my opinion. It's been a learning process. I'm really benefiting from some Craftsy online classes such as Susan Khalje's The Couture Dress.
I'm still debating on some things as I begin constructing this jacket. Mainly, I'm trying to decide whether to line it. I have lining fabric so I may go ahead and go for it. I'm also debating on a few details like the buttonholes. I might do some welt buttonholes.
Besides working on this jacket, I'm gathering more materials to one day make another heirloom dress. I have been drooling over some books by Country Bumpkin. I received two in the mail the other day and anxiously anticipating the arrival of some others. They are from Country Bumpkin's A-Z series. I love these books!
I will try to post some pictures one of these days of that jacket as it progresses.
Thanks for reading my rambling post!
Marla
