[mysterious, uplifting piano music]
[birdsong]
Good morning! It's about 9:45 AM, it is a . . .
. . . lovely sunshiney day, and I am going to try to sew myself
an 1890s Victorian blouse!
I've set myself quite the challenge. I want to get this shirtwaist done today.
It's got lots of lace insertion, which is a new technique for me.
It's going to be a bit of a race against time,
and against my body to see how much I can do before things start to hurt.
Let's see how this goes?
[whoosh of fabric on table]
[pattern weights clack]
[relaxing piano music]
[paper rustles]
[pattern weights clatter into box]
[more paper rustling]
[fabric cutting noises]
[snip. snip. snip.]
[more snip]
I need to change this part of the sleeve here.
It was too puffy in the forearm and too . . . diagonal-shaped,
but i've made it too tight, and now it's not actually going to fit around my arm.
I need to add another half inch or so back into this part.
[spool pin snaps open]
[spool of thread clacks]
[soft pinging of threading the machine]
[plugging in cords]
[sewing machine noises]
[teacup clinks]
[teacup clinks back down]
[soft snipping]
It’s 4:30, and I have finally finished adding the insertion.
My sewing machine was sounding a little off, so I’m gonna give it a quick cleaning.
You know you’ve made something challenging when sewing the pieces together is the home stretch!
I still have a few hours of good light left, and I think I can do it.
[hiss of steam]
[more shots of steam from iron]
All the little things keep adding up,
and before you know it something has taken hours . . .
I'm running out of daylight.
I just have to hem it, fell the collar, do the buttonholes . . .
[buttons clink, clatter onto table]
[clinks and clicks of machine parts]
[threads being snipped]
[music slows]
[music fades]
[mysterious, uplifting piano]
[music fades]