The first part of summer was full of appointments and routine medical things. Which I really hate. The good part of early summer was that it was not too hot. it was really just nice summer weather and that made such a difference. This last part of summer has been routinely hot. Oh well. You can't have everything. Still there was lots to do.
Cassie came to me when she was visiting earlier in summer and said she would like to learn to sew. I felt this was a great idea and we decided that in August she would come alone to my house and we would sew something. Because Cassie is who she is, I knew that her goal was clothing. She has a very clear idea of her own personal fashion and she loves playing around, drawing and sketching and making fashion plate things online.
We set to find a pattern that she would like. I tried to steer her towards something really simple but she picked a slightly more challenging project. Still it wasn't a tough sew, the only real challenge being all the casings. We chose the Delta Teen's Top/Dress from Style Arc. It is basically a peasant style top which is easy to sew but has a lot of casings.
We had to choose some fabric from my stash though next time we might get her dad to take her to the fabric store to find something. That would be a great trip for her though she would have a tough time with all the choices. The fabric we picked was a soft denim coloured blue cotton gauze which had just the smallest bit of a woven in ikat like pattern stippled over the cloth.
Cassie did all the cutting and sewing. She did the waist casing too. She did not do the more challenging casing at the sleeves (she went for long sleeves) and the neckline. I did that, though next time, I would do that more organically than the pattern did. I did both of those for her as well as hemming. She was kind of powering out and we were in a bit of a hurry on our last day.
She looked wonderful in it and was very pleased with it all. I could see in her eyes that she felt success at the job she did. And I have no photos of her in it. The young lady made her choice and I respect that. And I am so very proud of the job she did. Cassie has a precise sort of personality. She likes everything just so and she is going to be one heck of a sewist, perhaps even a tailor, if she keeps it up.
As I said there was other knitting but not huge amounts. I did occasional work on the blue Elton sweater. It is so pretty.
I have about three more inches to do to get caught up to the green striped version.
Sadly, these are not done, which was sort of a goal for summer, but it's okay. Having the other two done makes me feel really great about it all.
It was a summer of success. Can't ask for more than that.
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