Friday, November 6, 2009

I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan

Plans are important to me. I believe one should not go through life without a plan. Most of my sewing projects are planned several weeks in advance. Sometimes though, I've had to step away from the plan.

I'd originally planned to use an aqua colored tone-on-tone stripe for BWOF 06-09-136. As it turned out, the fabric wasn't wide enough to accommodate the extra width of the gathered sleeves. I would have had to cut the sleeves on a single layer and that type of layout required more fabric than I had.




So instead, I used Burda 7882 (OOP), a blouse pattern I redesigned back in December 2007 for the aqua and I was able to finish the blouse quickly and without incident.




I could not abandon my plan for BWOF 06-09-136. I've learned when BWOF shows a V-neck, it will be cut too low for my taste. After making the pattern changes to raise the neckline, I was eager to see those changes manifested in fabric. So, I reassigned the BWOF to the next fabric in my queue - a gray and black print I bought from Vogue Fabrics by Mail.




Plans are certainly necessary and helpful, but they are seldom chiseled in stone. When I was young, I thought, "Why bother to make a plan if you're not going to stick to it?" Now, I know better.

9 comments:

  1. Plans are good or I get what I call paralysis of choice. Too many patterns, too much fabric! Right now I am working on my wardrobe plan and I made a change, and now I wonder if I should have. It's just a top, different fabric, but now I am resisting other changes, because if I succumb I'll never finish! I like that black and white fabric.

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  2. Wonderful post! I can't wait to see some pics of the aqua blouse! That fabric is lovely.

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  3. LOL! I like your cute alter ego.

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  4. Love your doll! What a hoot! And a great way to get your point across!

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  5. I am liking what you are doing. I like your cute alter ego.

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  6. Laughing with you at this post and previous. I am in same quandry - I have a Burda dress in the que and I like the back better than the front. I just this a.m. came to the decision that I can use the back! Funny how those early ideas work 99% of the time, but are hard to break out of when you need to! Waiting for you to post your BWOF blouse in B&W - I've been eyeing the same blouse!

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  7. Very cute! It is true, flexibility to alter the plan is really important.

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