Originally Posted by TexasGurl
Love your bag ! It IS weird to use a paper or tissue pattern now, after so much rotary cutting.
I sewed a lot of my own clothes in high school, it was nothing to sit down and make a skirt in a few hours to wear the very next day - or make an outfit over the weekend to wear on Monday ! Remember the PANT SUITS ?? We couldn't wear jeans to high school then (1970's) - it had to be a matching pant suit. And our dresses could be NO shorter than our fingertips as we stood for "inspections" by the asst. principal or counselor. Crazy :roll: :roll:
TexasGurl, I could have written your post! I used to make a dress Saturday morning to wear to a school dance that evening. Better yet, I would make separates so that I could roll up the skirt when I was out of the teachers and chaperones sight!
Are tissue patterns thinner now? I used one for a tote bag recently and it seems it tore so easily.