August 9

I had a birthday brunch today, so didn't get home until almost noon and had some other things that needed attention before heading into the sewing room.  But I did get in there and this is what I did today.

This is a bias, silky blouse that I will wear with a suit and jacket. I love the fabric. 

I used my new flexible ruler to measure the neckline, the first of many uses. 

The finished blouse, very nice. Took quite a while since it was all on the bias and the silky fabric made all seams and hemming quite tedious. 

I am now going to make a muslin for my lbd. I want it to fit perfectly, so a muslin is the way to go. I am different sizes at different elevations, as well as being quite short through the torso. I don't think this is going to go very fast. I have already cut out one size, which fits fine on part of me. Now I am going to cut out just the top to waist bit in another size and see if I can meld them into something that fits all my parts! Tricky. Why I mostly wear skirts and shirts.