Yarnification

This is what I was working on that night last week when I realized that 2:30 AM is time to step away from the machine (clickable for full-size):

The pattern is here: Peasant blouse.

(May I also take this opportunity to note I just bought those jeans last week and was stunned to learn that I can fit into a size 10 and that the reason my old jeans were hanging off me was that they were just too big and not that they were old and stretched out as I had previously thought? This is a huge thing for me—I haven’t fit into a size 10 since 1995. I am still a lot chubbier than I was last time I wore that size, but, well, I was 22 then, and now? I am not.)

It turns out that georgette is a major bitch to sew with. Who knew? (Well, I didn’t. But then my sewing ability leaves something to be desired.) I had a really hard time keeping the stuff under control; this was the first time I’d done anything clothing-y in a couple of years at least and very probably the first time I used fabric that wasn’t either cotton or a cotton blend.

So it has some issues. The casing on the ruffle leaves something to be desired. Still, for a first attempt at a top in a couple of years, I’m relatively happy with it. I want to make another one, but I’m going to try to find an easier fabric that still drapes nicely because I am not ready to face more georgette anytime soon.