Deer in the Headlights

It's like a mug shot, isn't it? LOL! The boys finally made it home tonight, after staying an extra day and a half. Who could blame them? Hanging out with your cool older brother and going out to all sorts of places is much more fun that being at home with the parents. They're in bed already, at barely after 11 PM. But before he disappeared for the night, I did manage to grab some modeled shots of the latest shirt.

Here's the back. It seems to be a tiny bit snug across his backside, but it could be the way he's standing, which is basically the "Mom, hurry up!" pose. I'll make a note to check it again for next time.



And since we're doing mug shots, I'll include a profile too.



The other action in the sewing room tonight is the start of a muslin for Jalie 2806. I'm not loving the neckband/binding. Because it's not really a binding, it doesn't sandwich the neckline and is too floppy when the fold-over section crosses it. I've already decided that I'll trim off the seam allowances and bind the neckline "properly" with my coverstitch machine. But I'll have to change up the construction order a bit so that the fold-over section doesn't get caught up. I'm also not especially thrilled with handstitching required to tack down the fold-over on the wrong side. It seems kind of "happy hands at home" to me. I think there's got to be a better way, so I'll contemplate that while I sleep. ;-)



I haven't tried it on yet. I'm going to go sew in the sleeves and then the sideseams before I go to bed. It's destined to be a PJ top if it's wearable. If not, it will hit the trash.