Monday, March 1, 2010

construction of dad's bday shirt has begun

countdown for my return home for dad's bday: 4.

yes, panic has arisen. bunks can sense it. this weekend, while constructing the new sewing desk, i also started cutting fabric for dad's bday shirt. maureen, the recipient of the birdy mobile, recommended that i show more process photos, so here goes...

i used dad's old shirt again and pinned the pieces to the new fabric and cut with my new spiffy fabric scissors that i received for christmas! when i did dad's last shirt, i traced each piece, which took forever. while pinning helped cut down on time, i still cut freakishly slowly. maureen actually gave me a roller cutter for my project runway club, back when i taught, however i don't have a cutting mat. thankfully, my new scissors are super sharp. i still have a bit more to cut tonight. hopefully i get to the sewing stage too!
while i was working on the fabric side of things, bunks helped himself to my interfacing. i didn't think the interfacing would rip since it's pretty tough, however the little sucker certainly was able to sink his teeth through it!!! after a while, he got tuckered out from being chased away by me, so he sprawled out at his favorite resting spot: under the breakfast counter.he's cute. i still love him.

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