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Mac and Jeez! [Warning- GIF heavy!]

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Bloody welt pockets I HATE THEM!

Every year I say I’ll tame them, then dodge the bullet.  I’ve been dodging all year, but I’m so determined to get this ruddy mac done before tomorrow, that I needed to crack on.

Careful marking.  Check.

Basted all lines, checked measurements again.  Check.

Read instructions several times over, and followed them to the letter.  Check.

Stitched VERY accurately.  Check.

Snipped to corners VERY closely, with new super sharp embroidery scissors.  Check.

And they still needed fudging, pulling, bashing, swearing at and a long close-to-tears moment staring at the damn things.  Why does the welty bit NEVER seem to fit neatly into the window?  Why are the corners always puckery?  WHY?  I pinned and steamed the damn things to hell, and left them overnight.  Even the pics are crap, and I. DON’T. CARE.

 

While procrastinating this morning, I got an alert for the fabulous Male Pattern Boldness blog, and to my delight, a welt pocket jumped at me in image #3 [and isn’t that a GORGEOUS fur coat?  I think I need one now]  I zoomed.  And saw slightly puckered, fudgy corners!  YAY!  I looked at some more, and zoomed some more.  THEY’RE ALL A BIT CRAP IN THE CORNERS!  Have I been kicking myself for EVER trying to get perfectly flat, square corners?  Yup.

Bugger that for a game of soldiers, as my grandad would have said.

So I cracked on.  After all, don’t I always say that good enough is good enough?  Haven’t I already shrugged off my wonky-as-hell topsticthing on the storm flap?  Hell yeah.

And done.  Good enough, and may you live in interesting times if you think otherwise!

And now on with the rest!  Laterz peeps!

14 thoughts on “Mac and Jeez! [Warning- GIF heavy!]”

  1. “Good enough, and may you live in interesting times if you think otherwise!” HAHAHAHA _ I’m going to take that with me as a motto in 2018! Hope you two have a great New Year, and an awesome 2018!

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  3. Eh I think some fabrics are pretty much impossible to get flat in the corners, if you think about the geometry of it. And no one ever notices when you’re wearing the garment!

    I find the construction a bit brain breaking and have made a little paper model to play with before starting…

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    1. Double welts or piped buttonholes are actually easier- the issue here was the welt didn’t fit the hole, so had to be smooshed at the sides. Meh. Turns out the belt position slightly overlaps the pockets anyway…indicating they should be lower. Next time lol

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  5. I tremble at the though of sewing welt pockets. Your seem fine. I don’t know who it was that said it but I remember a saying about the “2-foot rule” i.e. if you can’t see the perceived mistake at a distance of two feet then no one else will. I think that when we sew we can be too hard on ourselves in pursuit of perfection. 🙂 Xx

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  6. Stop beating yourself up immediately! The pocket looks fine – and only you are going to be looking at it under a microscope. Virtual pat on the back for making amazing pockets 👏

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    1. lol amazing my arse! No beating up, just don’t like the ruddy things. I think they were the first horrible mess I ever sewed, back in about 1977, and I never got over it ROFL

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