I recently completed 6 garments and a scarf for the PR Endless Combinations Contest, and I’m very pleased with the outcome. I enter these wonderful contests because I need the practice and the motivation of a deadline. This contest was great in that regard. The idea of the contest was to start with one garment and build upon that one to get as many combinations as possible. We had 2 months to complete everything which was great because it gave me time to plan out what I wanted to do and then have the flexibility to “take my time” and complete the project. As with all of the other contests, I pushed it right to the end of the deadline, but I got it done.
My favorite piece this time was a fitted tunic with sheared sleeves. I thrifted this beautiful tablecloth recently and thought I’d make a light jacket or something, but obviously the tablecloth had other plans in mind (smile). I’ve been learning how to draft patterns recently, so I thought I’d try using the draping method for the jacket. Well, it all started off well enough until I got to the sleeves. Although I started with just two pattern pieces (front and back), I ended up cutting the sleeves off grain (I still haven’t figured that one out, yet), so they wouldn’t hang straight. They were all twisty and funny looking. I didn’t have any more fabric, so I figured I’d try to work with my “mistake”. Anyway, I ended up just exaggerating the twists by adding double shirring to the top and bottom of each sleeve. Thank God for inspiration!
For other pictures from the contest, take a look here.
