I again apologize for not posting the same day as I did some of the work.
So I went to the Seamstress' office and took out the pattern that I cut out the day before.
We got fabric that would be the rough draft of the cut of the poncho.
So I began cutting the middle part out, the main part.
After I did that, I went over to the sewing machine and sewed it together.
After that, I cut out the sleeves, sewed them to the middle piece.
When we did that, we forgot that in the back the poncho is longer than the front. So we took more of the material and cut and pined them in the back.
I do want the poncho to be a little bit shorter than the actual length that Natalie wears because that was designed to be over a dress and I would be wearing this poncho over pants and possibly a dress in the future.
So after we did that, I put it on myself so I could see the things that need to be changed. First of all, the v-neck needed to be longer and the whole front piece needs to be longer. The length of the sleeves were fine, but they need to be wider. So we took apart the rough draft of the poncho to make changes.
That's where I left off. The Seamstress will take care of making the changes, I am very grateful for that, and when I return on the 15th, we will get started in cutting out he actual fabric.
I apologize for not taking any pictures, I will surely take some the next time I go.
Also, I talked to the Seamstress about the lining and I told her I wanted the lining to be soft. She said that cotton would be fine, as long as it doesn't stretch too much. So we will get cotton probably this week. In the photo, the lining is a light blue, almost baby blue so we will get that color. I want to keep the poncho as close to the original as possible.
