Off to Home Depot

Sew-in interfacing and a lining is basically the sewing world equivalent of "complete this form in triplicate." I had the pattern pieces cut out already and yesterday consisted of a lot of cutting out fabric: 3 back pieces, 3 front pieces, 2 shoulder straps; cut those and you get everything doubled except for the one front piece that was done on the fold. So that's fifteen pieces. Cut those out for three different fabrics: front fabric, interfacing, lining for everything except the shoulder strap. Then for each of those fifteen pieces, baste the interfacing to the fabric piece. Then finally you can start pinning and stitching, which goes a lot faster unless you are trying to match up princess-style boob seams. Every time I do this, it feels like trying to put together a puzzle where none of the pieces actually fits into each other. But I have the front together, and this morning I got the back pieces pinned and then the lamp on my sewing machine died when I turned it on. Hence the title of this post. I should also get a good work light for the craft room. I have a few lamps but they aren't doing the job once it gets dark outside.

( progress pics )

Right, the Home Depot lighting department calls.