Still tired

[totchipanda]

BC why sleep? Sleeping is a thing that does not happen in this house. (I was tired enough to try and nap on my lunch break, to no avail, and when I did go to bed at 1030-ish, I slept for about an hour and woke up. UGH.)

Finished sewing the gathering on the hemd. I decided to throw it over my head and see how it "fit" without the gussets or anything in place. And... I think it's still gonna be a bit tight in the armscye, just from the way the fabric lays around the body. More annoyingly, the sleeves will be too short. GRRRR.

I started to stitch some smocking with doubled black silk thread but... it's definitely an early attempt lol.

Comments

[danabren]

RAWR

[marianme]

Why sleep, why?! Ha - it's one of those things that the more you think about it, the less it happens.

Sorry about the armscyes and sleeve length. That's frustrating.

[totchipanda]

So true! usually I'm awake for a bit but laying with my eyes closed, until I realize that no, sleeping is not happening. I should get up and out of bed, really, but I'll usually pull up something on my phone and blast my eyes with white light for a bit.

[marianme]

I've done the same because the phone/tablet is easy. Unfortunately, that bright light messes with our bio and makes it worse for sleep. Like they have those light lamps to help people wake up and we are doing it to ourselves in the middle of the night. Probably yoga in the dark would be a better choice, heh.

[mala_14]

Hopefully the gusset helps! My new shift has a similar cut and a similar problem with the armscye. I hope yours turns out alright! Can you add an extension to the sleeve? If you're smocking it, it wouldn't be noticeable.

[totchipanda]

Fingers crossed! I kept pinching the seams together and reminding myself that the gusset will add room, it's not like that seam is gonna be THAT tight lol.

That's my current plan. The hem is currently a selvege edge, so that might even work out in my favour. Can't commit to it though until the sides are hemmed and I can see how much length is needed.

[mala_14]

Unrelated, but I was singing Tudor Summer in my head thinking about how there should be a 16th century themed version of Love Shack and something popped into my head that works for German dress. "The brustfleck is a little known piece that we can sew together. Brustfleck, baby." This is my new favourite hobby.

[totchipanda]

BAHAHAHA this is amazing. I approve of this hobby.