Tonight I finished the first jacket and skirt of several that Judy and I are making for a friend. This is sewing by long distance. The friend's daughter and husband gave me some idea of her size and I have attempted to make these garments for her with no measurements and never having seen her. Smart? I doubt it; but these are a surprise. After this, I will ask her to send a few measurements to make this a little easier.
This has been so much fun. Judy and I first made a pieced jacket (well, Judy did all of the piecing and the sewing and the cutting. I just made the sleeves and the collar.) I have really enjoyed collaborative sewing. Judy did some tone on tone embroidery on the front of the jacket I made and I piped all of the edges of the jacket in order to give it a more finished look. It is pretty classy looking (except for the very loud lining, but we all need some private fun.)
The color is "clouded teal" and I was so surprised to find both thread and piping in that color. (Yes, I could have made my own piping, but I was busy making a wiggly lining from a bright stripe in the slipperest stuff I have sewn in a long time.) I had never had trouble inserting piping before, but this was not an easy job. It is not a perfect job, but I am trying to learn the three foot rule.
Judy and I have really enjoyed this project as it gave us an opportunity to get together more often than usual and we sewed and listened to PBNRadio.com and drank iced tea like good Texas women and talked about everything that we could think of, mostly about how happy we both are.
Sewing is like that. Women sit down together as they have for thousands of years and laugh and talk and make things with their hands for the people they love. We didn't solve the world's problems, but we did create something lovely from flat fabric and thread. Come and join us.
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