Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Making of a Tunic for a Roman Soldier

If you have never sewn a garment. My next few blogs will show the steps for making the red tunic for a Roman Soldier. I will be using this pattern.
First step. Trimming the pattern pieces.
Second step. Iron the pattern pieces so that they lay straight.
This is the suggested layout for the pattern pieces. Since I have enjoyed sewing since I was a teen, I knew that I could conserve material by staying with the straight of grain and move them closer together.
The next few pictures show the pieces on the material. Pinned waiting on the scissors.
The next step is to cut out the pieces. The next few pieces show my progress.


The last two pieces are pinned and the scissors are ready to cut it out.

All the pieces are cut out. Now, it's time to move on to sewing them together. Stay tuned to the next blog.







Saturday, May 9, 2009

Our First outing, 9 May 2009

A new small group has been formed at CVCF.

It is for women wanting to get out of the house and do something different.
This is a reminder of our first meeting coming up this Saturday, May 9th.
  • Here are the details:
  • When: May 9th, meeting at the East entrance at 8:30 a.m.
  • Where: Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve. I've heard the location of the east entrance can be difficult to find.
  • Here's the address; hopefully it'll help you find it!Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve 12115 Black Mountain Rd # A, San Diego, CA Google Maps seems to provide pretty good directions/map. From the Tierrasanta Campus, directions are:15 NorthExit 17 (Mercy Road)Turn left at Mercy Rd/Scripps Poway Pkwy. Continue to follow Mercy Rd. Cross Black Mountain Rd. at the light. Go through the gate, there is a $3.oo charge. Park on the left. Entrance is straight ahead. I'll look for everyone near the entrance. See you there! ~Kristina

The east entrance was very difficult to find. But after being determined and a bit of circling, I was able to find the group. I have corrected the directions to the Park, so you won't have the same problems that I experienced.

I was parking just as they started out. I caught up with them and had a very good hike to the water fall.

I can't wait to see what other activities we get to do together.