I hope, anyway.
As I have most of my pieces of muslin fabric, lining, and interfacing now cut, I hope to begin actual sewing soon.
Our little muffin man had his first earache at the ripe old age of 30 months. I sincerely hope it is the last! It was brutal for him and us :( Big muffin man was also under the weather part of the time, so as last one standing, I did all the things.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Saturday, February 9, 2013
M5759 - muslin
Finally getting to sewing the muslin for this jacket, and I am super excited:
I have plans to go through all the steps in creating the muslin, including the lining and interfacing. I contemplated not adding the interfacing to the muslin, because I am cheap and lazy. I need the practice, and I do want to see how the piece will hang. Needing the experience won out.
I have cut the outer muslin pieces, the interfacing, and the lining. I am using a bedsheet from Goodwill for the lining. I think that is a fabulous way to save money on muslins!! I found a white king sheet for $4 last time, and I was thrilled.
After this muslin, I will tackle the jacket with the black and white houndstooth with the red lining.
I find I am not very adventurous sartorially at. all. Seriously, I wear a pattern, and I am getting crazy. I tend to stick with classic color combinations, and so I am trying out interesting shapes, like in this jacket.
I have plans to go through all the steps in creating the muslin, including the lining and interfacing. I contemplated not adding the interfacing to the muslin, because I am cheap and lazy. I need the practice, and I do want to see how the piece will hang. Needing the experience won out.
I have cut the outer muslin pieces, the interfacing, and the lining. I am using a bedsheet from Goodwill for the lining. I think that is a fabulous way to save money on muslins!! I found a white king sheet for $4 last time, and I was thrilled.
After this muslin, I will tackle the jacket with the black and white houndstooth with the red lining.
I find I am not very adventurous sartorially at. all. Seriously, I wear a pattern, and I am getting crazy. I tend to stick with classic color combinations, and so I am trying out interesting shapes, like in this jacket.
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Python is a blast!
I am probably in the beginner/intermediate range for programming. I have used Ruby tons, but I wanted to learn more about coding. (Totally self taught...)
I signed up for Coursera's Learn to Program: Crafting Quality Code, but it uses Python. I didn't fancy trying to learn Python *and* the prinicples for the class, so I am reviewing the basics with the already finished class Learn to Program: The Fundamentals.
Python has been lots of fun so far. I am two weeks into the Fundamentals. I have taken two quizzes and have started the first homework. I had some problems getting Python's IDLE to play nicely on my Mac, but I had to fix my Tcl/Tk installation. Pretty straight-forward fix! And, I am loving Python's ease of use so far.
I signed up for Coursera's Learn to Program: Crafting Quality Code, but it uses Python. I didn't fancy trying to learn Python *and* the prinicples for the class, so I am reviewing the basics with the already finished class Learn to Program: The Fundamentals.
Python has been lots of fun so far. I am two weeks into the Fundamentals. I have taken two quizzes and have started the first homework. I had some problems getting Python's IDLE to play nicely on my Mac, but I had to fix my Tcl/Tk installation. Pretty straight-forward fix! And, I am loving Python's ease of use so far.
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