First Post of the Day
Cutting these two pieces off the pink bedgown took a big leap of faith from me.
I'd stitched them together as the pattern had required, but something was wrong. Instead of having the beginning of a pleat down the back of the bedgown, I had a small "hole-like" projection between the shoulders. That wasn't right.
I carefully removed the stitching that held these two together. Then I got the pattern pieces out and set them against the cut pieces of fabric. Finally I saw my error - I'd cut four of them when I only needed two.
Or so I thought.
The second guessing began immediately.
If I was right, then I needed to cut two of them off and discard them.
But if I was wrong and cut them off, I'd make an irreparable error and ruin that in-progress garment.
I compared pattern pieces again. I sat and thought. I rotated the pattern pieces to see if perhaps I was missing something elsewhere.
Nope. I needed to cut off and remove two of the four pieces.
I sat and thought some more, did one more check of the pattern pieces, and then finally decided to just do it - I grabbed my shears and clipped them off. Then I took the remaining two pieces, pinned them together, stitched, and...
Yes!! That was the solution! I was right to cut them off and I hadn't ruined the bedgown. I now had the beginning of the shawl collar and the pleat that was to run down the back.
Piecing together the rest of the bedgown went quickly and I finished the garment the same day I started it.
I am so happy with how it turned out and I don't think I will have any trouble selling it.
Which reminds me - a very important email came into by business account yesterday.
Stay 'tooned!
