Mathilde finale

My mathilde blouse is finally finished and it's pretty good! Thanks to the robust nature of print at home patterns I can easily make it again and next time round I really need to get the cuff gathers right - they're a tad over gathered and massive but hey, I'll just channel a New Romantic vibe...

On my sewing table

 

If my life was a movie then the title song would be 'The Great Procrastinator' by Stornoway. My god I am good at avoiding work, even fun work.

I will; look at the state of my current sewing project, read the instructions for the um-tenth-time and then (in no particular order!): drink some tea, eat a sandwich, watch some dreadful daytime telly, peruse a magazine, clean the kitchen, drink more tea, put a wash on, call a friend, drink more tea, take the wash out... you get the idea.

Currently on my sewing table is the gorgeous (at least I hope it will be once I actually finish it) Mathilde Blouse from Tilly and the Buttons.

So far the process has been relatively painless - the PDF pattern was very easy to print out correctly (just get rid of those pesky scaling settings before you print so it comes out full size), it was a little time consuming taping all the pages together but totally worth it when you end up with a robust printer paper pattern which can be reused instead of a flimsy tissue paper rip-able nightmare.

I also used Tilly's advice and used a tracing wheel for the first time. I am a total convert - no longer the fear of carefully cutting around a slippery, delicate tissue pattern which is liable to move about a bit as you lift the fabric to cut it. With crisp marks on the fabric itself the cutting process was a DREAM. Although I may have irreparably damaged by boyfriend's antique table.. my tracing wheel was pretty sharp. A word to the wise - get a ruddy big cutting mat or risk ruining surfaces and relationships! 

I am now ready to sew it all together - just after I have one more cuppa, oh and eat a biscuit, um and I really should call my friend Lizzie.... etc.