i did sew a set of oryoki napkins in december. these are napkins of specific sizes that go with a set of nested laquer bowls, for eating in a ritualized style at a zen sesshin (or shambhala dathun).
but what i REALLY want to learn to sew is pants for moi. i have this cool book from the ‘60s, “sewing pants for women,” that has all these groovy cartoons of women of different shapes and sizes and explains how to make a pants pattern that fits YOUR shape. i hate shopping for pants. i have no butt and a pudgy tum, and legs that are like rock sticks.
