Days 22, 23 and 24 of #MeMadeMay2022 : A power outage and running out of my stock of 1.5” elastic threw a wrench into things, but the mass shorts construction is finally coming along. I got 2 pairs done before running out of elastic, so the rest will have to wait until the town with the fabric store has its power restored to finish the rest. Also thrown in are a couple pairs of pyjama pants for Jake (okay, I made the llama ones a few weeks ago, but he is wearing the ones I made on Saturday), my other pair of Tania coulottes, and a shirt that needs a lot of reworking before I’m going to be happy with it.
Day 19 of #MeMadeMay2022 : More shorts! Jake asks for very little, but he loved the pair of Clyde Workpant shorts I made him so much, he asked for a weeks worth of them. Today I got another pair cut out, but construction will wait until the rest of the fabric for the other 3 pairs arrives. The blue pair is on indefinite hold. It is the same fabric I used for the coulottes I wore to the theatre yesterday, and after only 4km of walking, I found that the fabric is like sandpaper and caused some serious chafing issues! The green version of the same fabric I made Jake’s first pair from doesn’t have the same issues, it felt fine in hand, and I’m not usually too sensitive to fabrics so it was a surprise. Unless they soften up substantially in the wash, I will recycle them into another project.
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