Monday, March 30, 2009

Some Progress

Gwen asked me if I had ever used the Palmer Pletsch method for fitting pants. I have, and had mixed results. I decided to give it a try again and I think that I have solved the front crotch issue!!! I cut off the cut on fly to make it easier to fold back the cf sas. I cut into the crotch curve front and back and taped well. I could see that the shape and depth was causing problems, so I adjusted it until it looked right. I'll make quick muslin to test it out. Kenneth King says that a wearable muslin is an just an expensive wadder, or something like that and I do agree. I have lovely spring fabrics that I have no desire to ruin, so another muslin it is. I even managed to get to Jo Ann's before my 50% off coupon expired and bought a bolt of the muslin I wanted.

I spent yesterday afternoon cleaning and dusting my sewing room and studio. We're painting, or rather dh is painting, the living room, working his way around. The knee wall in my sewing room is the upper wall in the living room, everything, but the upstairs bedrooms are open to the lower level. When they originally painted the walls in this house the painters apparently watered the paint down and we are still having issues. The paint has peeled off in large sheets when we've painted, though not all of it each time we've painted. So this time, he is hitting it with a putty knife and making sure that the paint is either really stuck or taking it off. Big mess, and the dust is all over the place. Hence my upstairs dusting. Not that it didn't need it anyway. I'll usually do anything to avoid cleaning.

You can see where the paint has come off the sheetrock. As I said, a big mess.

9 comments:

  1. Oh, I recognize putty. And drywall. And dust. It's all too familiar! There is a bubble in our living room ceiling, which means cutting a hole, and patching with drywall. I am so not looking foward to it.

    Good luck with your pants. That's the most difficult garment to fit. And, one of the easiest to sew.

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  2. Oh yes - renovation! So worth it but so glad it's behind us.

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  3. Gorgeous room. Light and airy. Worth the inconvenience. We are about to embark on a bathroom re model. 50 year old bathroom. Dear Lord........

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  4. What a great sewing room, looks like a such wonderful place to sew.

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  5. good lord, what a massive & messy undertaking that looks like.....

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  6. I kind of wish I was there. I know it's a huge pain but I love pealing off big pieces of paint from the wall. It's the only time I don't get yelled at for picking!

    I'd take the non-toxic dust in our house to the yellow dust in Korea any day. Good luck with the painting!

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  7. Those walls almost look as though the sheet rock wasn't primed correctly by the builders.

    I'm really enjoying your new blog!

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  8. Wow, your room looks absolutely gorgeous, so airy and light, and even during a paint job :)

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  9. Sheetrock was not primed. They just wateres down the paint and sprayed it

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