japanese sewing adventure 2

japanese sewing adventure 2

yesterday i had my first sewing class (at modern domestic). it was nice to be able to have someone there to explain each step - wish i could have that for every project! hopefully i'll be able to decipher other japanese patterns. i think the big hurdle will be my inexperience because if i encounter some new task, i'd have to look up elsewhere how to accomplish it and hope i'm doing it in a way that will work with the pattern.

there were just four of us in the class and the teacher was daniela caine who is actually german and speaks no japanese. she just really knows how to sew. i had a very easy project and should have finished it but was kind of taking my time (as usual) and finished up last night and this morning. when i put it together last night my first impression was that it was ridiculously large. but that's the way it's supposed to be, of course. i would like to find something light to wear under it the same way it is shown in the pattern book.

happily, i will probably take another class because i have some more left on my gift certificate ;) i really want to take the class on making jeans!