The Sewing begins on the Ceremonial Robe

Now that the fabrics have been chosen, it’s time to get started on sewing for the ceremonial robe. Since this whole project is NOT planned, I’ll just grab a few strips of fabric and begin stitching them together.

Ugh, I have a mental checklist when I sit down to sew. Scissors: Check. Pre-wound Bobbins: NOPE!  I’ll sit for a while and just spin bobbins because I HATE having to stop to wind a bobbin. Stopping to change one is bad enough.

Fabrics have been divided into two color stories: Autumn and tropical:

 

Today, a nice autumnal day, calls for TROPICAL!

 

A beautiful day to cut the strips and pin them together. Everything is broken down into repeatable steps.

 

A checkboard strip:

 

It’s pretty, so we’ll see where it wants to go.