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Me Musing .
. . December
7, 2008 . . .
The
other day I dug out an old favorite cotton knit turtleneck and after
wearing it most of the day, I realized that I really
liked the way it felt and looked. I searched in my pattern box and
couldn't find a raglan sleeve pattern at all. So I googled 'raglan
sleeve' and you would have thought I was looking up something from
40 years ago!
Geeeeeeeeeez
. . . I didn't think they had gone that
far out of style! They are now considered 'Vintage'!!!!!
I then went on ebay and searched for raglan sleeve top patterns
and found one . . . lo' and behold . . . a Stretch and Sew pattern.
(Remember those from the 70's????!!!!!!!!)
Soooooooo
I had a few days before it would arrive in the mail, and decided
to go back through my patterns as I remembered seeing a Stretch
and Sew pattern I had never made but bought it waaaaaaay back then
as I thought the style was neat.
The sleeves
are set-in
and wider at the top than at the cuff,
giving a sort of one-piece ~ kimono style look
(which they call a 'wedge')
The
sample I did went together really fast and I realized that the fit
was much better on me than a sleeve that is cut all-in-one with
the body of the garment! I was thrilled as it gave me a whole new
look and it fit well
without a lot of alterations that I have been having to do.
What
could be better??????
Last
night, using the pattern, I cut out some wonderful fabric I have
had for a few years, but never enough of for anything I thought
might be good out of it. It is a heavy cotton knit with that sweatshirt
lining to it.
I
had plenty for the top and enough to cut a sort of off-center folded
collar.
Tonight,
I sat down to sew, and again, it went together really fast and I
was pretty filled up with myself that I figured out how to do a
'made up collar' sans instructions!
I'm all set
now for the cooler
(18 degree) nights we have been having lately!
The
mail should bring the raglan sleeve pattern tomorrow and I already
have fabric layed out for it!
Oh and speaking
of 'vintage' . . . I found this quote by Woodrow
Wilson on a website while searching for the patterns. Very
cool . . .
"You
are not here merely to make a living.
You
are here in order to enable the world
to live more amply,
with greater vision,
and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement.
You
are here to enrich the world,
and you
impoverish yourself
(and I would add . . . 'and others')
if YOU
forget the errand."
Until
soon,
Che'usa
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