Mistakes were made
Posted by Elizabeth on 02-24-2010 at 4:48 pm
Sometimes things are just so bad that they can't be fixed.
I have been working on a vest on and off for about two years. Yes, I know that's sad. It's just a vest. Doesn't matter. The fabric is kind of a pain to work with, the pattern is not really working for me, and I don't know that I can make it work.
So far, I have tried the following:
And, I decided to change fasteners from a zipper to buttons partway through the whole debacle, so I have to add a placket to the front to deal with the inevitable gap. I also want to change the neckline from a v to either a deeper v (sits below the bust) or a scoop-neck.
This is just too much work for a vest in fabric that I don't even like that much anymore. I really hate giving up on projects entirely, but at this point, I don't think it will ever reach "wearable". It will just continue to hang, part-finished, in my closet until I get tired of it and throw the whole thing away.
Or, I could skip right to that step and get rid of it now.
Done.
I have been working on a vest on and off for about two years. Yes, I know that's sad. It's just a vest. Doesn't matter. The fabric is kind of a pain to work with, the pattern is not really working for me, and I don't know that I can make it work.
So far, I have tried the following:
- Shortening the pattern, which (mostly) put darts in the right place but made the vest too short overall
- Adding the same amount in length to the bottom that I took out of the middle, which made the bottom too small around
- letting the darts in the back out to add some width, which made the back hang funny
And, I decided to change fasteners from a zipper to buttons partway through the whole debacle, so I have to add a placket to the front to deal with the inevitable gap. I also want to change the neckline from a v to either a deeper v (sits below the bust) or a scoop-neck.
This is just too much work for a vest in fabric that I don't even like that much anymore. I really hate giving up on projects entirely, but at this point, I don't think it will ever reach "wearable". It will just continue to hang, part-finished, in my closet until I get tired of it and throw the whole thing away.
Or, I could skip right to that step and get rid of it now.
Done.
Sewing
