Thursday, June 4, 2009

How I Get Stuff Done.

Every now and then someone will ask (usually with a tone of disbelief) just HOW I get any sewing done with twin babies. The answer is two fold. Firstly, I have been blessed with babies who do this:

Usually for a couple of hours (sometimes THREE!) every day. Secondly, while the little darlings are thus occupied, I ignore all the housework I should be doing, and sew instead :-)


Apart from today, when I am glumly contemplating the fact that no matter which way I squint my eyes and rack my brains the fabric I desperately want to turn into pants will Not Look Good as pants. It's a stretch woven (so far so good) in a lovely sagey green with the teeniest subtle pink pin stripe. Where it falls down for pants is that it has a stretchy design element woven into it which gives it lovely texture and dimension, but I have a sinking feeling that pants made out of it will look like pyjamas. And not in a good way. Before I pre-shrunk it it was flat. I worried that washing would release the stretch, and sure enough, this is how it ended up:

So what do I do with it? Pants are out. It is telling me that it wants to be a jacket, but I don't currently need a jacket. So, it will sit while I re-think the pants. (Still ignoring the housework though.)

4 comments:

  1. Glad to see someone who has their priorities straight. Always put sewing before housework. Any other way leads to insanity.

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  2. Why is a picture of a baby sleeping always so lovely? My first son slept really well, and I did sew still then, but not the second one, that was the end of my sewing at that time!

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  3. What about a shirt you can also wear over the top of an easy comfy knit (b'feeding?) top? It doesn't look like you'd need to iron it (thus freeing up further sewing time)...

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  4. You know I get to see images like this in real life all the time, but it still makes me go "ohhhhh"... for 3 reasons:
    1. one sleeping baby is beautiful, so two is doubly so
    2. I love the connection twins still seem to have in their sleep (do you often find them in the same position.. we do)
    3. That I know the Mum is having a break from her grogeous babies!

    PS. I hope you've solved your fabric dilemma.

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