The Trouble With Suits

Arthur's Father, The Invitation and Annabelle Revealed.....

The Trouble with Suits, Dear Readers..... is that they make me want to make almost ANYTHING ELSE but them! So I will begin tonight with a little Diversion. You may Remember that the setting of the DATE for the Wedding was being held off until Arthur's Father could be Located. He is a lepidopterist...... and travels extensively in search of new Species of butterflies to study. Everyone had Thought he was in Africa..... but it turns out he was finally located in South America deep in the Jungles!

He is here now.... may I introduce you to Harold?

Can you see the family resemblance?

(Of course, now I have ANOTHER suit to sew.....!)

Arthur is very Happy that he is here!

But PLEASE, Don't tell Celeste....

it is better that she doesn't find out until the last minute!

(I'm sure it will all work out alright....... It IS a Wedding, after all!)

So much for the Diversion...... I still have all those suits to sew!
I started in bravely on the jacket for Arthur's tuxedo..... fitting the sleeves first.
I'm sorry I didn't take any pictures of the patterns I made... I simply traced around the parts of the jacket he already owned..... the casual one..... and used that to cut the pieces for the jacket.

Formal jackets are tricky because the FIRST part you have to complete are the collar and the facings..... and you can't really test the fit until they are completely sewn! So I jumped right in! Here you can see the collar facings sewn and attached to the jacket body....... I forgot to take pictures of most of the steps... so this is really NOT a very good demonstration.....

And when I had stitched all the seams together and hemmed everything....

I tried it on Arthur.....

Only to discover that it was TOO BIG!

It really is.

It looks Terrible.

But perhaps ALL is not lost.......

Because I think it fits Will just about right!

So I started over at the beginning for Arthur......

And cut all the pieces a tiny bit smaller.....

and stitched them and hemmed them and pressed them......

and then tried them on........
And I think that looks MUCH Better!

Then I decided I had to make the buttons.......

So they really button.......

First one......

And then two......

And I think I can say I have completed One Suit!

And Will just needed some new trousers to go with the jacket.......

And I will have to do the buttons....

And that will be TWO suits completed!!

Meanwhile, I KNOW that Some of you have been wondering

WHERE your Invitation was.....

Well, until they Found Arthur's Father,

they were Reluctant to send out the Invitations!

But now that he is here,

the Invitations are ready!
And just in case they get lost in the mail for being so tiny...
I will show you here.....

And a little closer so you can read......

sorry about the blurry photo......
(And the sloppy writing....)

Inside the envelope is the Invitation......
like so.......

Maybe it IS too small to read clearly......

Here is a larger version....

(Yes, I know... it is very rustic and home-made looking.... they are all hand-lettered!)

We DO hope you will come!!!

And just because I Know you are being SO Patient,
waiting to see the gowns for the bridal party...
I will give you a Quick peek at the Flower girl.....
Annabelle is ALL dressed and waiting!

In spite of ALL the Diversions......

I STILL have more suits to sew!
They're really Quite Challenging!

That's The Trouble With Suits