I am sick to death of my sewing room.
Eight silk Jedi robes from the ground up, all with French-seams, in three weeks was too much.
What do those words mean?
Jedi robes take 6+ yards of fabric a piece.
From the ground up - pre-wash the fabric, cut the pattern, cut the fabric, sew the seams, trim the seams, press the seams, sew the seams again, hem, wash, dye*, wash... except that eight robes won't fit in the dye vat, and four robes is still too many...
French Seams - Where you sew your pieces WRONG-sides together, trim down the seam allowance, press the seams, fold your pieces so that the RIGHT-sides are together, and sew again, encasing the first seam's edges inside a nice little tube. Essentially, you're sewing the garment twice.
Three weeks - Twenty one days. Five hundred and four hours. Not a reasonable amount of time to sew and dye eight monstrous Jedi robes.
*Silk dying process. Click here for instructions.
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