Seamwork Florence bralette. Part I cutting

Here you see the bones of the Florence, which is one of the patterns that came with the subscription to February’s Seamwork Issue.  I ordered all the materials to make the bralette (sort of a lightweight bra) and for the Geneva, which is the companion underwear pattern.  Here, you can see that I did not need two full yards of lace.  This makes me rather grumpy.

Also, the total yardage for both patterns called for 1.25 yards of stretch satin.  But here, with some creative laying out, I can get four pairs of underwear and material for two bras.  Had I known that, I would have ordered a bit more lace.

See how nicely this pattern piece fits into the bits of space for the underwear?

At that point, I had to leave, so this project went on hold.

Beer can collection

This made me think of a guy I used to work with at Whole Foods.  He had a beer bottle collection.  His collection was arranged in a specific order and once, when he had a party at his place, we switched them all up and substituted random other bottles.  He told us the next day that he had to get rid of the whole thing.  Which I counted as a victory.  There’s nothing great about a beer bottle collection.

I went in for a closeup and the can on the right caught my eye.

Text from the back of the can.