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And today it's about 10 degrees cooler than yesterday, if you add wind chill maybe more. LOL
I have a few swatches coming my way. My knowledge or lack of, with fabrics is a HUGE block so I thought it best to get the swatches to see and feel them.
Thank you for the input about the linesy-woolsey. I thought I was on to something for sure with it. I'm glad I decided to look into it more. And then to have confirmation that my research was right was comforting, even if it meant that wouldn't work. Now I know though, that's baby steps into knowing my fabrics and when/where to use them.
I was moaning about it all to my husband and he, the always logical one, told me to continue with my mock up. If I like one of the swatches use it. If I don't continue with the first plan but make sure I stay really hydrated, (no drinking in Vegas the night before,) bring ice water with me to the event, and if needed take AC car breaks.
Do you think if I make a sacrifice to the weather gods of something like kitty kisses, they will give me a day like today? Maybe a tad less wind but I won't be to nitpicky.

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I cleaned Little Man's teeth earlier and he was MAD at me! Now he is in my lap purring his head off.

I think he's forgiven me.
I am currently going through all my sewing book trying to figure out how to attach a flap to a straight edge. I know how to do it when there are two flaps. You sew along the vertical lines leave the horizontal ones and baste the top later to form a box pleat. But I've never done one without the second flap. Hoping one of my sewing books has it.

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Mock up one is done and it wasn't pretty. The very top overlapped but after that it was all downhill. At waist level it came in maybe 2 inches that you could see from the front. Rofl EPIC Fail.
Good things are the upper back width seems to be right. I don't think I need to fudge with the length much. I could kind of tell the polonaise part will be pretty, but it will need adjustments as I make the back and sides bigger.
I'll try again tomorrow.