LESSON:Â Haste makes waste…or dissatisfaction with a rushed project.
After my idle hospital stay, I was desperate to stitch. But I was restricted for another week from driving or using my sewing machine, specifically from using the foot pedal.  As soon as I was home, I grabbed up the supplies for the daygown that I had planned while hospitalized and rushed to cut it out and begin smocking.
Pleater use was allowed, but I could not sew up the shoulder seams. Ah, but I had heard about seamless pleating. That should work. Continue reading