happy sewing

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metherion needed some long plain tunics for an upcoming LARP get-together, and I agreed to make him some, not without some apprehension.

I did quite a bit of sewing before we moved, but what with one thing and another I hadn't unpacked the sewing machine since we got here - almost two years ago. Emrys and I went through the two boxes of miscellaneous fabric that I have accumulated over the years and found something like ten yards each of red and turquoise cotton (I'm still wtf-ing over that, but I think I may have picked it up at a yard sale). I laid out the cutting mat on the dining room table, found the rotary cutters (the best invention since plastic-headed pins IMNSHO), set up the ironing board, and got to work.

The hardest part is that I couldn't find my patterns, but Emrys had learned from his buddies that you can make a very easy sleeveless tunic out of a big ol' rectangle and I quickly found that he was right. The sewing machine creaked and whined a bit, much to Pom's fascination, but worked! I've got one red sleeveless knee-length tunic made (and he tried it on and it fits) and enough fabric for several more, and they'll be a whiz now that I know what I'm doing.

I'm feeling ridiculously happy and accomplished right now. :-)

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