
The instructions for the pattern for the Maddie coat made NO sense what so ever. So I kind of put it together the best way I could think of to get it together. It's still not completely done, I have some more froo froo things to add to the back side, kind of like a skirt, but once that is done, I never want to see this costume again. And I don't think it's the costume so much. It's the fact that I had to make the fabric from scratch. Hours cutting the strips, more hours sewing those strips together, a few more hours using an iron to put on interfacing to stabilize the fabric and to keep the strips from raveling.

Getting everything cut out was a bit of a pill. I had what I "thought" was all the right pieces cut out and then I freaked out because I thought I was missing a pattern piece. I yelled at the cat because I was so upset about missing a piece. Looked over the instructions again, to find out that the piece I thought I was missing, didn't exist. At least it didn't exist the way I had gotten in stuck in my mind that it existed. For some reason I had it in my head that there were two long pieces for this pattern. Which isn't entirely untrue. There are. There is the front piece on the side, and then there is the back piece that ruffles along the backside. I had to stop and cut more strips to make more fabric, add interfacing and cut the back ruffle piece.
*snickers* Butt ruffles....

I'd like to thank my cat for being a total pain in the ass this entire time. She took over my sewing area and did not want to give it back. There were several times that I had to evict her from my space. She was not a happy camper and has been lamenting the sounds of her people in the wee hours of the morning.


Last bu surly not least, I am finally off to make the Wonder Woman bombshell. I finished the shorts in about 4 hours, so I'm going to concentrate on the shirt tomorrow. Anyone know where I can get the belt buckle?