lessons learned
I really should have known better…
For one thing, I shouldn’t have let Penelope “freestyle” sipping Black Currant juice at the grocery store today. Hopefully the stain will come out of the newly sewn shirt.
And second, I should have known better about my fabric choice for her new pants.
I was all excited to find the perfect chocolate brown cordurouy. I got it home and immediately started a pair of trousers with fun “drawn on looking” pockets. You would have thought I would notice the thickness of the fabric and the blue backing on the wrong side of the fabric. I think I bought heavy duty upholstery fabric or something. In the day light there is an unbearable “blue sheen” to her pants. Ugh.
I did find the proper fabric this weekend and will make another pair some time…remember how I dislike having to fix project problems?! I know there is a lesson here and I will not ignore it.
October 18th, 2006 at 10:21 am
Adorable!
P.S.-I just found your blog this morning…I love the skirts, pants, outfits-I hope that stain comes out. If not, maybe you could cover it up with an applique. A fallish owl, maybe? Oh, and that coffee cozy is so cute! I love patchwork.
October 18th, 2006 at 1:47 pm
i remember that shirt pattern! cute fabrics together. i’m still in the cutting stage with my burda. sigh. have i mentioned my mother in law is visiting spontaneously? and that she’s a Martha Stewart/June Cleaver hybrid?
insecurities - Begone!
mmmmm whoopie pies….sure wish i did live down the block…
- me