Sewing class was cancelled due to snow, but since I am such a good girl, I still did my homework. Okay, the fact that the boys needed to catch up on some sleep from being sick and took an extra long nap helped a lot! I stitched the armhole and neck facing for dressy. After cutting out the wee little pieces, fusing interfacing to them, and sewing them together to make the whole facing, the pattern called for teeny-tiny edgestitching all along on one edge (the edge of the facing that will just hang down and won't really be attached to the dress). So far I've loved the sewing, but this seemed soooo tedious to me. After finishing it though, I realized that it really does give the garment a neat finished look, which is one of the things I really like about sewing. I find great pleasure in a precise seam and polished shaping, things which don't come all too easily in knitted garments.

One thing I am having trouble with is the whole baste right sides together, turn this over, then stitch, flip back over, sew wrong side to this, then press right side, etc., etc. thing. Aack! What side am I supposed to be working on? What joins where to which piece? And these facings are the worst with their right side on the inside, so I gotta think all backwards about what's going where. I'm still not sure if I sewed them together right. I guess we'll find out when it's time to attach them to the bodice.

Coming next week, then, will Alison pass the sewing spatial abilities test, and what will become of the zipper?!