The sewing thread

fantastic!!! Polly really fantastic

I don`t do a full size muslin if its only the neck bust and shoulders for example and I dont do the facings, I just cut off the SA for the neck and armhole if I don`t need the sleeve.

I cannot be bothered with tv, so went back upstairs and decided to go through my underwear drawer. I am needing underskirts now. I picked up two I had made in 2013, I couldn`t believe how well they were made but from that warm sticky stretchy thin cotton. They looked fine and so did the camisole but I threw out the 30 year old polyester slips. I decided that I would make two underskirts so looked fabrics up this time and something called bemburg lining is recommended, a rayon which is wicking and cooling, found some on ebay from thailand, 100% reviews, so have ordered 2 yards. Total was £20. Silk is not so good as it is warming, even though I have some silks. Free instructions, p27 for the underskirt
https://www.craftsy.com/sewing/guides/success-with-sewing-lingerie/452991

I will need stretch lace so decided to sort my haberdashery box, cor blimey I even have bias bindings in there that I remember rooting for when a haberdashers was closing down. I have loads of stretch lingerie trimmings as well as piles and piles of all sorts of lace trimmings, including fine wider stuff that would look very special on a nightie. That really is the last box to be gone through

I found a few potentially good skirt patterns including a jalie 8 gore skirt and the petite plus flirty skirt
http://www.petitepluspatterns.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=505
Quite honestly I am giving myself a year and will start to get rid of patterns, limiting myself to those that will work

I have 6 bundles to cut on the table and will add that nightie when the fabric arrives. I am also waiting for some double gauze to arrive, I want to use it for esme. That will make the 8 bundles

Polly wd on getting that pattern right. Its so hard to do it yourself but once done then its done

arty if you go to craft fairs, like the one I like in Builth wells called wonderwool, then there are always several upcycled stands, rows of upcycled skirts for exemple

I only realised about ease lately too, always made things to the exact measurement or straight out the patten box, thinking it was enough to go by my hip size, so the top was always too big. Doh, all the wasted time and expense but I look on it as a pleasure hobby and people buy cross stitch and so on, then never put them up on the wall

ease: I am going to use abbreviations, they are all in inches,
F=fitted, SF=semi-fitted, LF= loose fitting, VLF- very loose fitting

skirts and trousers:
1-2 waist the same waist for all fittings
full hip F 2-3, SF 3-4, LF 4-6. VLF more than 6

bust ease
blouses and skirts F 3-4, SF 4-5, LF 5-8, VLF more than 8
Jackets F 3.5-4.5, SF 4.5-5.5, LF 5.5-10 , VLF more than 10
coats F 5-7, SF 7-8, LF 8-12, VLF more than 12

I did it, did my measurements and now recorded in my book. Oh dear no thin measurements anywhere but more accurate definitely. HB is + .5 what I thought and high hip is only 2" less than full hip. haha front baby pouch just about equals the derriere, gotto laugh. I am very glad I did it and needed two mirrors for accuracy. I used masking tape and thin elastic with a safety pin. Hardest to do was the shoulder. Sigh, I remember when I was 34, 23, 36