July 14, 2003

• ...and for my next trick...

  
  

  next project will be sewing some emergency blankets to the window-side of the curtains so they will act as solar curtains without the dough. i finally decided how to do it. see, was afraid if i sewed silver material (emergency blanket) to curtain fabric, the blanket would shred. still have to buy some $2 emergency blankets, but once i do, i will just iron a hem all around the curtains, so the eb will be sandwiched between the folded edges of the curtain.

  
  

  i cooked the steak on sunday for lunch. i couldn't believe i grilled it outside and it came out awesomely marvelous. usually i don't cook too much steak, still slowly learning how to cook it properly. it was seasoned with sea salt, pepper and worestershire right before popping it on the grill. i just waited for it to get those grilllines decently dark (and the uncooked meat on top was turning a little brown but very juicey still). flipped it over. waited the same. just enough pink inside and just bursting with juices. i was floored.

  
  

  saw the pirates movie on saturday...i was right, i shouldn't have watched the e! show, what i didn't know, guessed within about 5 minutes of the movie. johnny depp was good in it. me and hm were discussing why he was the only pirate with eyeliner. and then i was like, now why do they need eyeliner? hm suggested because of the sun (like a football (ps) player).

  
  

  spiderman (mtv) was cool. found an outdoor info site. attempted to play runescape. played naval command at yahoo with hm.

  
  

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  not finished with that 2-layer shirt yet. i was taking some step by step photos, but managed to miss a step. not using a pattern, stumbling through the process. can't believe i haven't ruined this see-thru peacock material, yet. instructions further below.

  
  

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  1. i used one of the loose practice shirts for a pattern for the white undershirt. the fold in the white material was at the top, so the shoulders are connected (see pic 3).
     
  2. make score lines in the curves of the neck and arms. i then pull what will be the hem where it needs to go, iron it, then sew it down. notice i adjusted the shoulder strap a little cuz it was too wide, just made it go straight up from the armhole.
     
  3. shows how the top is connected.
     
  4. the outside material. i sewed the peacock material into a tube with the seem being the back seem. then flattened that out and went back over the ditch/center with a zigzag. hem the neck, top-shoulder sleeve whispies, area (this is where i forgot to grab another photo)
     
  5. place peacock material (inside out) inside the white material (which was also inside out). pin. sew shoulder straps to top of peacock material.
     
  6. mark and cut armhole/sleave whispy area (vague white chalk line)
     
  7. the green dots represent where 6. was cut. the white dots represent the outline sewn on 2nd layer to match but be slightly looser than the white underlayer. the blue marked section is the refuse which will cut away and be hemmed again (these materials unravel). picture shown is working on the left side. after the peacock material has been sewn, move it out of the way and sew the side edges of the white material together (they are already sewn and turned inside out in picture #7)

  
  

  and this is where i have stopped. the bottom needs to be trimmed and hemmed. the sleaves are not completely cut out yet (they will be the wispy part, slit-top sleaves that hang down), and will need to be hemmed. the armhole will be hemmed also. so right now it's looking like the two materials will only be connected at the shoulders. #4 is a good picture of the peacock material

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