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Sewing Table Skirt

I've started my sewing table skirts. Got one panel done; 10 more to go, for 2 tables. The one I've finished looks very nice. After turning under and pressing several yards of the fabric to finish the edges of just one of the panels I have decided that now is the time to by a couple of hemming feet for my sewing machine. One to finish the edge before turning down to form the rod pocket, and another that turns a wider hem for the bottom edge.

Now that my contest entry is complete I want to have a cutting marathon and cut out some of the patterns listed in my Works in Progress. Time to try out my new rotary cutter!

Also, not on the WiP list is another 1 or 2 casual dress shirts for Darren. I have fabric planned for 2, but I think I will make one out of the same pattern I used for his first one, and then later make a 2nd, nicer, long-sleeved shirt, with cuffs and everything. I want to get David Page Coffin's Shirtmaking: Developing Skills for Fine Sewing book before I attempt the long-sleeve shirt.

Once I have the patterns cut out I will be able to sew, sew, sew! Or if I can talk dh into a serger by then, serge, serge, serge! I think a serger'd be so much faster on those long seams and I know it would make dh's work polo shirts go a lot easier.

I have a 4-day weekend at the end of September, and then dh is going on a church men's trip on one of the weekends in October; a lot of sewing could potentially get done.

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