Brief Bra Update

Updated as of 5:00 pm: Still in process peeps. I've got to the point of sewing the channeling on, but it took 5 hrs and I am too tired to go on today. I don't want to mess this thing up, simply because I'm too impatient to wait till I have energy. I'm quite happy - I mean, not miserable - with how things stand so far. I did have to recut/resew the bridge (centre gore) because I went ridic narrow and I couldn't actually attach the cups to it. I also messed up one side of the band - accidentally I sewed the channeling and the picot onto the right side (should have sewn them onto the wrong side), so I had to undo a lot of zig zag stitches and conduct some surgery. All seems to have worked, so no harm done. But it was so irritating - esp. as I had worked so actively to avoid the very outcome I was faced with.

Whatevs, I'm in it for the long haul. Now off to drink some wine and eat burgers made of pork, beef and bison. Oh, I'm looking forward to dinner...

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My friends, today is the day to sew the beige bra (that which is so necessary, aka otherwise absent, in one's current wardrobe). Having refined the last version to reflect necessary pattern adjustments, I've spent about 90 minutes this morning prepping:

• Choosing the thread shade and getting the machine prepped
• Determining how best to stabilize the lace upper cup and the band
• Adhering fabric layers together with fabric spray glue
• Cutting out the pieces
• Cutting the boning
• Choosing the widths and shades of beige picot

Now it's time to dig in.

Don't know how it's going to go but I'm as pessimistic as I can manage.

A few random things, which are somewhat associated:

• I just rejoined the Toronto Public Library (I had a fight with them 13 yrs ago but it's time for bygones) and it's fucking awesome! TPL, you have done well getting with the digital age... I've taken out 3 ebooks, 2 real books, a bunch of current emagazines and put tons of things on hold. Two of the books are about lingerie sewing. Three of the mags are current knitting issues and I've got a bunch of new patterns for free! Egad, it's my tax dollars at work and I love it.

• I am only just beginning to turn my brain cells to the idea that I might need to find a knickers pattern, if this bra (by some unlikely miracle) ends up being wearable. I'm thinking of this one. Sure I could draft a pattern based on undies from my own stash, but that one's kind of cute...

• It occurs to me that I might want to pick up my half-knit Guernsey Shawl, just for kicks, and see if I can bear the monotony. Just goes to show that beautifully written patterns, which yield beautiful results, can still be a massive yawn.

More later.