Instead, I drafted facings for the yoke, front neckband, and armholes, and assembled them into a one-piece facing. Then I treated the facing as though it were the lining. Usually I sew a size 14, but I cut a size 10 in this pattern because it is so roomy. I made only two concessions to the smaller size: Added 1" at the yoke center back. Lowered the armhole by 1/2". I had a great trip to see the grandson - he loved all his Spidey gear, and we played to exhaustion (moi, he does not know exhaustion...). After one recovery day, I've been working on a jeans jacket - I've decided it's something in the air, because I've read two jeans jacket reviews on PR this week! This one is a Kwik Sew pattern and I love it. I sewed View B, the classic jeans jacket look, in a size Medium/10-12. (I'm 5/7" and generally sew a size 14/40).It has faux flat-felled seams. What's that, you ask? Well, you sew a regular seam, neaten the edges together, press the seam allowance to one side, and double-topstitch it on the outside.

And it looks just like a flat-felled seam. But is super fast and easy, particularly in a heavy fabric, such as denim. An inside view: the vertical seams are faux flat-felled. I added bias binding to the edges of the cuff, front, and waistband facings. I just cut the binding from scrap cotton - I really don't like purchased binding, it's so stiff and not as nice as fabrics I have in the stash. Plus mine are all pre-washed. The medium fits me really well - as long as I don't try to button it! curtains kansaslandThe bottom meets in the front but at 38 1/2", it definitely will not close comfortably unless I blouse it up! cosmic modern grommet curtain panelFortunately, I don't intend to button the jacket, I like it open.janome 525s curtains

I made only a couple changes, mostly just to suit me. Left off the pocket bag - the pocket is not going to be used, so why bother! Did away with the buttoned cuff approach and used a closed cuff. You can see some soft gathers in the upper sleeve in the pic above. I used the original cuff pattern, but shortened it's circumference by 3/4". A tip - since the right facing is always turned back just below the collar, I sewed the top buttonhole on the 'wrong' side. curtains gamlingayThis way, the 'pretty' side of that buttonhole is on top.curtains comfort alsager Also cut the undercollar on the bias. argos white waffle shower curtainIt's amazing how much easier it is to work with, when there's no collar stand.

Loving the fabric, it's the leftover panel from my IKEA Merete (heavy twill/denim) bedroom curtains! This is the first time I've used a heavy denim on either of my machines (Singer Quantum Stylist 9960, Janome 8002D serger), no problems at all, whew! I'm heading up to Orlando at the end of the week to visit with my son, daughter-in-law, and my precious, magnificent, princely, most handsome, and brilliant... (ok :- he's my only grandchild)... grandson. At the age of three, it was Toy Story, but he's definitely moved on. Now four, he's into transformers, Ninja turtles, pirates, and Spiderman. One thing I have learned in my short tenure as a grandmother. These little people do not have a lot of things crowding their brains - they remember everything. At Thanksgiving, DGS told me he would like a Spiderman cape and gloves that shot out strings of webs - could I make them please?Spiderman does not wear a cape. Not even thinking about those gloves. So for Christmas I made him a wonderful Batman cape.

His comment: "Gammi, it was supposed to be a Spiderman cape". Pause for a pic of a Florida gator Spiderman - something I've kept in mind since Christmas: Saturday afternoon and I'm an artist. I Googled and found that I am not alone - there is actually a consensus on what a Spiderman cape would look like, if Spiderman wore a cape. I am so laughing here. But it was very helpful! Here is the topside of the  boy's cape, with the black spider painted in Tulip slick fabric paint...wow. Credits to Georgia Leigh, who has a wonderful , as well as lots of licensed super hero logo patterns for download. I've been so busy...and not with sewing. I finally accomplished some things that I've been putting off for a while. The light fixture in my powder room fell from the wall 4 weeks ago. Actually, I caught it before it crashed. What a close call, it would have been such a mess. After climbing up on the counter, undoing everything, and taping over the light switch, I just turned my back on the whole situation.

Too much, not in the mood... It's not easy to hang a light fixture by yourself! Even if you're the resident handyperson. But I did it. Flipped on the switch - and nothing happened. I could have cried. Of course I was so sure of my work that I had already put on the globes and everything. So off they came again. One of the wire caps was not on securely. Second time was a charm. What an exhausting project. The next project was better, but still not my favorite thing to do. I had decided that the brown velvet curtains in my bedroom were showing age and were too dark for my current mood - I really had light on the brain! But those curtains take some thought - I work hard to keep heat out of the house. Sheers just don't work, even with mini-blinds and sun-blocking shades. Hats off to IKEA. I love these Merete curtains. They are a very heavy cotton twill. Recovery - yesterday I cruised over to the library to look for some good books. I actually bought 6 books from the Friends of the Library shop, for $1 each.