I'm starting to feel the heat. When I was younger, it couldn't get hot or humid enough for me. But now, when it's around 90, I am uncomfortable. I am playing in a summer orchestra, and we rehearse in an unconditioned church, so I wanted to find something breathable to wear.
I have my white linen Harvey that I had made a couple years ago for the beach at Hilton Head. I wore it to rehearsal, but because it's fairly see-through, I wore it with some yoga pants. My top half felt great, but my bottom half was pretty sweaty.
I have my white linen Harvey that I had made a couple years ago for the beach at Hilton Head. I wore it to rehearsal, but because it's fairly see-through, I wore it with some yoga pants. My top half felt great, but my bottom half was pretty sweaty.
It then occurred to me that I had plenty of a heavier-weight linen that I'd used to make a sheath dress (which turned out to be too big at the shoulders and hideous because of that).
Ooooh, that is actually too flattering a picture. This one is more accurate:
So I made a new Harvey out of that. I am pretty pleased with it; I'm not sure if it's the fit, the fabric, or the extra 20 pounds I'm carting around that displease me a bit.
Because of the extra pounds I have put on, I hesitated to get started. I thought I'd have to revisit the sizing and trace out a new pattern. I wasn't looking forward to that process because I really don't know what I'm doing when it comes to fitting a new pattern, especially for a woven fabric, and it's tedious trial and error.
I was dreading the thought of making another fucking muslin; I just want to sew a garment that fits without having to sew two of them and throw the first away. But it's risky to just sew with your good fabric. Witness the blue-linen-sheath-dress disaster.
But then I had a Eureka moment. I had just worn the white linen Harvey that I made when I was 20 pounds lighter: It fit me just fine. I did notice that the bust dart was too high, so I moved that down an inch, which is not hard to do at all. (For more proof of the vagaries of fitting...the bust dart on the blue linen is still too high.)
I was dreading the thought of making another fucking muslin; I just want to sew a garment that fits without having to sew two of them and throw the first away. But it's risky to just sew with your good fabric. Witness the blue-linen-sheath-dress disaster.
But then I had a Eureka moment. I had just worn the white linen Harvey that I made when I was 20 pounds lighter: It fit me just fine. I did notice that the bust dart was too high, so I moved that down an inch, which is not hard to do at all. (For more proof of the vagaries of fitting...the bust dart on the blue linen is still too high.)
The blue linen is heavier than the white linen. It still feels breathable, but I am looking forward to test driving it in the hot church to see if it's comfortable.
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