Archive for May 10th, 2010

• Kids’ Clothes Week: Day 1

  Date: 2010.05.10 | Category: sewn | Response: 1

  

  Meg from elsie marley sent out a challenge: work for one hour each day for a week, sewing children’s clothes for the coming season. See how far you get.

  Well, there’s my one hour, above. Two sleeves traced, one back. Some reading the instructions.

  I wanted to be honest. And to find out how long sewing really takes me. How can I improve, estimate for the future, try to fit more sewing in my life if I don’t know how long things take? (That’s roughly what my software programming lecturer says, anyway. But not about sewing).

  Maybe I’d be quicker if:

  • I wasn’t trying to be so environmentally friendly & use up all the little scraps of pattern paper;
  • I had a bigger kitchen table … or perhaps a more professional set up?
  • I wasn’t distracted by emails about a University group assignment, asking if my part’s done (yes, done & sent). I’ll blame my cutting the hem fold line (stuck back together) on that distraction. And tracing the wrong size pocket (easily scribbled out) and forgetting to trace a neckline on related distractions, too. I didn’t count them in my time.
  • I’d've known the sleeve on view B is really a different shape to sleeves A and C. I ended up having to trace them all, because I want a fake long sleeve, rather than an argument about which top to wear underneath.

  It actually took me 2.5 hours to get the whole dress traced. Which doesn’t seem quick. But it is honest and it will help me estimate better and sew more kids clothes in the future.

  Wonder how much I’ll get done tomorrow?

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