Fiber Monday - Conquering a nemesis

I don't have much to share today. Much of my time this past week was spent doing horse related things and not fiber related things. It's such a shame that the hours in a day are not infinite. My pattern drafting class had a week break, which was very good because my business took a lot of time, but also not very good because yesterday I realized I had quite a bit of work I needed to do in order to have my next class be profitable. 

This is why I have spent a pretty significant chunk of time trying to understand how to sew a fly zipper. It has always been one of those things that just hasn't made sense in my head, so I did a pretty good job of avoiding fly zips completely. Until now. Because the skirt I am drafting has a fly zipper. I couldn't really move on until I had figured them out. 

I am happy... oh, so happy... to be able to share with you my first correctly sewn fly zipper. 



I don't even want to say exactly how many hours these two pictures represent. The good news is that not only do I not have to avoid them any longer, I also know how to draft a pattern for them. Tomorrow is figuring out how to draft and sew two different styles of pockets. I couldn't do it today because my brain needed a break. 

The only other thing I have to show is the ~150 little hexagons that I have basted. I have quite a bit of listening I need to do each week to prepare for the course I'm co-leading. These are the perfect thing to keep my hands busy while I listen. 



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