Big projects, small spaces

I've been plugging away at my sewing projects while catching up on everything that I dropped while completing my MBA capstone. Crazy thing but carpets still get dirty even when you're writing papers, who knew? And my job still has stuff for me to do. Still don't have my final grades but at least all of the work is done.

I actually get to leave the house this weekend so I'm having a big push to finish an outfit for the occasion. Because we now live in a world where leaving the house is an occasion. I will be wildly overdressed as usual and I'm looking forward to it. My wool pencil skirt came out super cute. Even the husband likes the way this pattern looks.

Still need to hem it but otherwise it's done. Had to take in the waist and hips by about an inch which is lovely news so far as I'm concerned. The shaped waistband is flattering on me. I'll hem it just below the knee which is exciting since I never have skirts that are the right length. The lining came out so tiny that I must have cut the wrong size so it's not lined. I've got a lot of slips, it'll be fine. I didn't want to go through all of the work to debug the lining and cut a new one when I'm trying to be done for this weekend. Skirt is going with a Hepburn top in black I already made, very classic.

The real stretch for the weekend? I want a coat. It's going to be in the 40's so I could get away with a wool blend coat. And I have like 10 yards of this wool blend fabric. This would look so cute with a matching long swing coat over top! And then I started laying out the pattern pieces.

It barely fits on my cutting table and my cutting table barely fits in my sewing room when I have it opened up. I've made some big projects but this still stands out for being a big one. Everyone says this pattern is straightforward and easy to put together but yikes, that's a lot of bulk. I'm taking some length off due to being tres petite but it's still big pieces. Fabric cutting starts today with the hope I can knock it out in a couple days and have it to go over my outfit. I might be setting myself up for a fall here but I'm going to give it a try.

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