I haven't made one for ages - my time has been spent on leggings for Small Person and then leggings for me - and I was struggling to remember the construction steps. It came together very quickly though, and I even managed to hem it.
A minor disaster struck when I was putting the sleeves in. I managed to have an overlocker steering malfunction. I cursed a bit. The top is still sort of wearable, but it wasn't suitable for it's intended purpose. It's still sitting on the kitchen table waiting for me to cut out and apply the neck binding, and I really ought to do it otherwise it'll just become another UFO (unfinished object).
So what was the intended purpose? I was making it to wear to the Sewing show at the NEC. I
I wasn't going as a visitor, I was going to be helping out on one of the stands! I decided I couldn't risk wearing it because I was afraid people would look at my top, and judge the product I was representing by my shoddy workmanship. So I wore shop bought clothes.
I had a really enjoyable day. I found it tough at first, because I don't like encouraging people to spend their money (even though I thoroughly endorse the product I was representing). Luckily the lady I was representing was not interested in making people buy her product at the show, she was happy for them to find out about it and go away and maybe buy it later.
I settled into it when I talked with people about what the system was and why it might help them. I usually started the same way Do you make your own clothes? Do you use a commercial pattern? How did you find the fit? And then we could talk about the system and whether it might help them. There were some people where the system wouldn't help them and I was honest with them about that.
I guess it helped that I am a customer of the system, not an employee.
If I hadn't already had other commitments, I would have gone back to do a second day.
I'm looking forward to finding out how the remaining 3 days went
