Did a bit of hand sewing tonight. (blech!) Finished the side and back openings of Bob's coat. Still have to stitch the sleeve lining to the outer sleeve but that won't take long.

Read the instructions for the next step (again) and realized that yet again I didn't do it quite right. The lapels were supposed to be attached to the body before attaching the lining. Well, I ain't gonna take out the lining! I'll just finish the lapels and attach them by hand. This is getting farther and farther from the pattern instructions as I go. *sighs*

I'm worried that the trim just won't look good on the coat. I pinned some on to the cuff and I'm just not happy with it. Its almost too shiny and it is very stiff. *SIGHS* Dunno what to do about that. I really don't want to go buy 40 yards of another trim. (don't think I'd need that much though) But I don't want to sew on what I have If its going to make it look bad. : ( Will have to sleep on this one.

G'Nite!