Oh She's Good

I was expecting to post pictures of the finished jacket today.  Progress has gone quickly which I contribute to making the prototype.  Doing so meant I actually knew what I was doing.  Here, check it out.

Collar, front, and top:

And the added bottom:

All I had left was to hem it, add the cuffs, collar and front facing and boom!  The end.  Well except for the buttons. 
I was golden.  Seriously.  I fully expected to have this puppy done today.

BUT!

My mom.  Oh that little minx.  Three days ago she uttered these six words; "are you going to line it?"  No!  No I wasn't going to line it!  I didn't need to!  The book never called for a lining so no.  No.  Lining.

But those six "innocently" uttered (I am so on to you mom) words ate away and rattled around in my head for three days.  And now?  I AM GOING TO LINE THE STUPID THING.

Happy Mother's Day, Mom.  Your powers of suggestion STILL work.

(Oh, and also?  I am on to you.  Nice try asking if I was going to line it then asking which fabric I'm using.  You know which fabric it is because YOU ASKED FOR ANY I HAVE LEFT OVER.  Ha!  Caught!  You're slipping, lady!  This is exactly the reason I started taking my new medication at night.  Dopey in my sleep?  Not a problem.  Dopey during the day?  I spontaneously burst into my Tim Wood laughing impression and nearly pass out from the giggles.  It's cool.  I doubt he reads this.)

No It's Not A Lab Coat

Hey there from the land of new medicine hell.  I have a condition cause by MS that causes electric shock sensations to run from my head down my spine and arms.  It has gotten to the point where I can't take it.  I called the neuro to find out what to do and was prescribed a medicine that I was allergic to.  I called and told the neuro's office and his solution?  Take it two times a day instead of three.

Yes, the neurologist is trying to kill me.

After asking if he was trying to kill me I was prescribed a new medication that does NOTHING.  Thursday I have my six month MRIs and the lovely meeting with Mr. God Complex.  I mean the neurologist.  Always fun.

Okay, I have to confess that making the jacket really intimidated me.  Hence I procrastinated.  But today I bit the bullet and made the prototype.  Process in pictures:

Yay!  A lab coat!  I did alterations to the pattern before cutting out the pieces.  I definitely still think I'm way bigger than I am in reality.  Next will be cutting out the pieces for the final project and then sewing it.  I'm thinking that once I do that spring will suddenly appear.  So maybe I can bring on warm weather by finishing this sucker.  Because IT'S MAY.  WHERE IS THE SUN?  WHY ALL THE RAIN?  GAH!!!