week two- the 8th day

Day eight- Friday 4^th May

10am-6:30pm

Today I felt like I took one step forward and then three steps back. I was again working on the black trousers. There was a pinch in the fabric from the hand sewing that I had to sort out first, and then I pressed all the seams and cut all the threads. I then finally moved on the waistband, there was also a pinch in the fabric as well. So I re-sew that, matching up the both ends of the band together on each side. I then tried on the trousers to check that they fitted and was hanging straight. We then soon discovered that the right leg was longer than the left leg.

To fix this I had to undo all the work that I had done over the last three days; unpicking the hand-sewing, side seams and the binding. I then measured out how much the right leg was too long by (1cm). We then put the trousers on a hanger and hung them from a door frame, so when I was making the leg shorter I could match it up to the other one. But what I found really confusing was to get the legs at the same length I had to make the right leg longer. When I measured both legs after I had made the adjustments, the right leg still came out was longer. But when they hang next together other they look equal.

After lunch an illustrator came in. she was working alongside Sunny Williams, so he could tell her what changes had been made on the garments so they could be added in.

I guess it has been a disappointing week, as I have not progressed at all. Again next week I will work on the trousers. Hopefully I will get them finished on Tuesday, when I am next in the House of Sunny.