Learning to Sew Part 4: Bowling

Wax floor glistening, ball rolling forward
Us pins, standing rigid looking on in horror.
There is no way out, we are forever cornered
Death is upon us, knocking at the front door.
Heavy ball coming at us giving us a wink
into the gutter we pray it may sink
Bang! we are hit and we all start to fall
sneering faces at our despair through the hall.

Presenting Learning to Sew Part 4: Bowling Edition

I have created Rag Jacket V4 around the same time as Part 3. It was born over a month ago by now with this article being a very late arrival.

From chick to Chicken

As my sewing and writing of these articles has progressed I feel less able to write a compelling and intriguing stories for Rag Jacket.
I think it is a fun format to show a creation, but I have become quite busy and anothe unfortunate truth is:
As I get more skilled the process is much less exciting…
No broken needles or sewing the collar to the bottom of th jacket.
It is not exciting to write about the same steps.
Going forward I may just post a poem and more pictures of Rag Jackets.
I think it could be fun to start telling stories again per Rag Jacket but at this point I have very limited time and energy.

Result: Rag Jacket V4: Bowling Edition

An unfortunate fabric

I bought this fabric at Michaels and thought it had potential. When I brought it home and looked at it I reconsidered.

It is a bit too wonky for me, but it is good practice.

Round it down

I attempted to have round edge pockets for this Rag Jacket

The result is decent. I think I did a better job on the corners than some of the other pockets that I have done in the future.

Collar

I did an average job of collar creation and attachment.

Below is the attachment of the lower collar to the upper collar (I used a light blue felt wool for upper collar)

I attached the collar stand to the collar..

Attach collar stand to the jacket (I sewed the collar the wrong way but oh well..)

Here is the end result: an attached collar that is the wrong way (lol)

All put together

Here is the jacket in finished format.

I attached the front the wrong way so that the pockets are inside the jacket.

I guess one of the boons and curses of a fabric that is the same on both sides is you can’t really go wrong, but can’t go right either maybe?

Short Sleeves

The sleeves on Rag Jacket V4 are a bit short but oh well (oh well is a common centement in this article)

In ACTION!

I took this Rag Jacket bowling and here is an interesting room that seems very 90s style:

Some neatly arranged bowling balls:

Here are a few action photos of taking down the pins

And the scores:

It was a fun little escapade, but the night is fleeting so its time to head back home.

The Result (Again)