When I look at this pile of fabric and ribbon I
see potential. There's the potential for wild success
and equal potential for devastating failure. It
sounds dramatic, but there's a good reason to pause
as I size up these materials that I'm going to
attempt to fashion into a cape. I'm either on the
brink of a satisfying project or, possibly, the edge
of a major sewing disaster. My gut is telling me
there will be no middle ground on this one.
It helps that I bought the wool on sale for 60
percent off. So if I screw this up I won't be wasting
as much money as if I paid full price. Regardless,
this is an interesting place to be - floating in that
limbo of possibility.
The paper pattern pieces are cut out and ready to go,
and I can't wait to try on my finished cape, but yet
I hesitate to get started. I'm just not ready to pin
them in place and make that first cut. Perhaps
courage will meet me tomorrow evening at my dining
room table where I hope to pick up my heavy silver
shears and SNIP!
I'll officially commence this project and see where
the sewing gods lead me.
Check back here tomorrow for CraftSanity episode
64.