Plaid

Where have I been in the past week? Really, it's been longer, but I still was making time to blog and facebook. I've been staring at this:

http://www.vintagetrends.com/vintage/thumbnails.asp?MC=Vintage&CA=men&SC=shirts&ST=Vintage+Plaid+Shirts

This isn't exactly what I have been staring at but close enough.
Plaid.

I am so sick of this stuff. I am so glad it's over!!! I turned in my plaid shirt this morning. I swear this could have counted for at least a full time job if I completed it in one or two weeks. I have even "threatened" my husband to wear it a lot because then it might make my time worth it. =P  Seriously, I think a lot of my other classes have suffered because of this baby! I got behind like the 2nd day of class because I was NOT feeling well. It snowballed from there. I missed another day from not feeling well about 3 1/2 weeks later.

Did you realize it, too? I just said the 2nd day of class I got behind and what? We were still working on it 3 1/2 weeks later? Now, this might not be a shocker to you but let's think about it....

School starts January 5. We start working on it like right away. Today's date February 8. That's over a month. Next week is MIDTERMS. So do we only have one other project? No, we have:

• Tailored Pants
• Lined Skirt
• Knit Project
• Pieced Project
• Plus a billion samples

To be positive I learned about:

• Plackets
• Cuffs
• Yokes
• Collar Stands/Collars
• Pockets
• Of course, matching plaids (more complicated than it sounds)
• Men shirts 
• Mock Flat Fell/Flat Fell Seams
• Buttons/Button Holes
• Front Bands
• Hand stitching

It was pretty much a grand learning experience, but I am so glad it's done

My point of this post is this shirt was labor intensive beyond belief and I am finally DONE. Yea! I will be posting pictures later (when it is graded, which I'm super nervous before because our teacher openly admits she's OCD..... oh golly gee).