I took classes with Christie last year. We had two sessions only and she helped me with a McCall's pattern, I think. I never really finished it and still need to look at it again. The bust pattern needed lengthening with the FBA.
Anyway, it was good to run into Christie. She asked what I was doing and I mentioned the Sarah Veblen book and my attempts to refit a previously tried pattern to see what else I could learn, do with it.
She encouraged me to contact her for help with fitting, since I had confessed that it's much harder to fit myself. I should also raise the idea to get a dress form for me.
I'm looking forward to it, but she mentioned that she would only do it this Friday and then be out for October (when I'm out too). I will have to reach out in November.
Today, tried out a few more things with embroidery.
Used the borrowed Isacord thread. It does stitch out nicer. I'm going to have to see how much the 1000m spools cost. Used the tear away again. Then I tried out some of the smaller sized designs which I think would look lovely repeated over an expanse of plain fabric.
Then I threw all the samples into the wash . . . wow. They all shrunk up. Since the Isacord is polyester and so is the embroidery thread, the only thing I could think of is that it's the tearaway OR that the cotton isn't completely shrunk up. When I pre-washed it, it was cool and dried cool. This time I threw it in with the towels. I may have to try embroidery on some very washed and dried cotton.
I will try ironing out the samples to see if it does anything. . . .
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