Nothing to see here...

Well, I got the Spring issue of Peaks' Progress (newsletter for the Northern Region) put together today, and it came out pretty decently, if I may say so myself.  If you want to check it out, please go to MountainFreehold.org, and follow the links!

Also, my handsewing proceeds, if somewhat circuitously; I cut the wrong seam allowance for my flat-felled seam this morning, and freaked.  My darling husband gave me hair strokies (the ultimate in Albreda soothing), and that gave me the space to figure out how to fix it.  I figure that folks in period probably did it backward too, and I could either go with the rough-on-the-skin-and-easy-to-snag side on my skin (ie do it backward), or I could sew a new piece of fabric back on to the bit I cut off, and then cut the other side correctly, and just have an extra two layers of fabric in the folded over bit.  I went with the latter option, and while a bit thicker than the other side, unless you REALLY scrutinize it, you can hardly even see the seam line!  Wahoo!  I feel even better about this project than I did before I screwed up, since now I know I can come back from a serious goof.  Yipee!

BTW - I have decided to do an applied binding on the center back seam to keep the gore seams symmetrical, and to do flat-felled on the shoulders (which the goofed one was) because I didn't want thick seams from applied bindings (oh well!) and just sewing them open made them pull funny, since I did backstitch for my structual seam to give it some extra resiliancy.  The center front seam won't be being pulled by gravity in the same way, so I am willing to take a little gapping there for the flexibility of opening it up for nursing periods, plus the seam will be done up not by backstitch, but by overcast ANYWAY, so hopefully it will be doubly moot.  (Yes, I could construct it with backstitch, but I am going to create it as if I have already sewn it up from a nursing period from the start - somewhat odd, sure, but why set it up in a way that it will never look again?  I'd rather know NOW if this is going to work, then make all of my new garb in an untested model.)