{"id":118,"date":"2012-02-16T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T18:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/?p=118"},"modified":"2013-11-11T09:18:19","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T17:18:19","slug":"fear-of-flying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.schafenfreude.com\/?p=118","title":{"rendered":"Fear of Flying"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, it’s done. Just over six yards of cloth – washed, ironed and ready to be cut into bits. And, this is also when I realize that I may just be full of crap. Look at this lovely stuff:<\/p>\n

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No, really – LOOK<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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It’s sitting there, on the kitchen table, waiting patiently to be sliced and pieced and hemmed and otherwise expertly manipulated into one of Sara’s lovely kimono jackets. I’ve a cutting diagram, some basic assembly instructions and a set of insides that’ve gone to water. I’m running smack into my biggest and most stifling problem – fear of failure. Fear of ruining<\/span> this lovely and (only slightly flawed in one little place that I’m sure won’t show if I’m smart) really quite good Cloth. I can make more. It didn’t take long, I have more yarn, and I’ll need to do another because those stripes aren’t symmetrical anyway. But honestly, I’m absolutely paralyzed right now. And why? Because I’m just not very good at sewing. I know how to run the machine, I can sew a straight line and zig-zag with the best of them. I can even do rolled hems. But! It’s the garment construction that I’m simply not proficient at, and that’s what’s causing me so much angst.<\/p>\n

I’ve been mentally pieceing the garment all morning – right down to which seam should have the selvedge and which the raw, and how can I incorporate a French Seam in the center back without adding too much weight (or maybe I should just overcast stitch and not worry so damned much) or ruining the drape. But really? It’s my first jacket. If I even manage to put it together at all<\/span> I should be happy. Worrying about drape and such is madness at this point. I’m being very “Sundance” about this and I need to simply get over it and start cutting. And sewing. Because if I do, I’d have a garment to wear to Guild tonight – and that’d be a whole other version of pain.<\/p>\n

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Bringing the fabric might be easier.<\/p>\n

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