Well, it’s done. I finished up the cardigan the other night, tried it on with a variety of clothes and accessories and I have to say, it just doesn’t work for me. The styling (possibly styling combined with the print) isn’t youthful, it’s overly large, and it’s too short to add a belt to try to cinch it in. Totally disappointing. I’m going to take it over to my mom’s to see how she looks\feels in it, but I’ve never seen her in anything like this so I’m guessing she’ll pass on this garment as well. No doubt this cardigan will wind up in the donation pile.

With that said, I think it’s time to move onto spring sewing. I’m spending the weekend surfing my patterns and magazines to figure out what I might make next…. I’m thinking something fabulous to wear for Easter! What is everyone else stitching up?

I’ll admit, this weekend I spread myself thin, but I did manage to make it into the sewing room to work a bit on McCall 5713… and now I think I don’t care for it. I washed the material prior to sewing (to make sure that it didn’t shrink after wearing). Doing this gave it an incredible amount of ‘cling’ so not only has it been difficult to work with, but when I tried the cardigan on, it seems to have an unusual fit (because it sticks to my clothes). Even though I like the print and the fabric in general, I just don’t think I care for it with this pattern – I think it seems to age me. I’m going to forge ahead and work on the neck band and seams to finish this cardigan off and then I’ll play with what clothing might work well with it to make it a bit more youthful.