Music Box Jumper View B

I finished sewing the Oliver + S Music Box Jumper in View B. I made bloomers to match, as well as a toddler girl's purse I designed (if one can use so lofty a term) and sewed in five minutes.

For me, sewing still reminds me of doing origami. When I read through a pattern ahead of time, I cannot envision how each step will result in a piece of clothing, but at the last moment, it all comes together as a dress! For this project, I felt a lot of confusion about sewing the yoke. When it came time to connect the yoke and the skirt, I realized I had sewn the yoke wrong, but I still couldn't see how. I ripped out a seam and studied the instructions for an hour. I decided to walk away from the project for a day in hopes that I'd come back with a fresh mind and the instructions would make sense. Indeed, when I returned the next day, suddenly I could "see" what I was supposed to do! It made sense and I figured it out. That showed me the power of brain fatigue.

I am learning things about sewing each time I do a project. For example, button holes do have a right and wrong side to them. Now I know! I think what I am enjoying so much about sewing is that I can actually finish a project and look at it, completely and utterly done. Everything else about the job of a homemaker is cyclical and continuous. I clean and it is dirty ten minutes later. I cook a meal and people are hungry two hours later. I teach a lesson and it has to be taught again to little children hundreds of times. So it is a wonderful hobby to sew and be able to start and complete a project.