Last radiation treatment....yipppeee

Today at 2:30 p.m. I will be having my last radiation treatment and I can't wait. I can't wait for the balloon and the catheter to be removed. Frankly I don't like walking around with a weird "Herman Munster" boob. It is the size and weight of a small cantolope and is so tender if the wind blows hard it aches along with my arm down to the elbow! It leaks all the time and I am miserable not to mention absolutely exhausted from the treatment. Okay enough whining...onto sewing...

I'm taking the Set-In Sleeve class on Pattern Review because I thought it might be interesting to try an online sewing class and could use some help on better fitting sleeves. I've chosen McCalls 5471 as my project.



Last night I cut out and stitched the fronts and back. The pattern offers different cup sizes so I used the D cup front and did my usual wide back and high round back adjustments. So far I love it and it's a perfect fit. It was really refreshing to not have to do my usual FBA. I'm making the size 14 but I always cut the largest size from the underarm down and pin fit later and thank goodness I did. The pattern has size 14-20 and I used 5/8" seam allowances. I don't know if it's because the monster boob or because the pattern is running small. Usually I start the side seam at the 14 for the bust, and gradually go out to the 18. This time I started and ended the seam as for the size 20. Glad I did a muslin first! As I said I love it so far. I might try the sleeves later tonight just for the heck of it.