summer sewing projects

I took 2 Personal Sewing days. On Friday I sewed these knee-length cuffed shorts. I've been seeing these around this year and I like them a lot; so cool and comfortable. I used a shirting I bought at Michaels and this piece is one of the 4 I selected for my June Capsule.
I came up with a variation on the elastic waist I love so much. This time I cut a piece of bias tape for the facing. The elastic is 3/4" non-roll cut to 2-3 inches shorter than my waist measurement. I improvised as I went so it's hard to give a detailed description of how I did it - but I like the way it is a casing, as opposed to stretching and stitching. I'll definitely try this again, and perfect the technique, at which time I can post instructions if anyone is interested.
And on Thursday I sewed this lightweight jacket and I LOVE IT! This is now a TNT pattern for me. I developed it using Bernina My Label and the Vogue pattern I used for my Timmel SWAP. The last version was just a little to big, so I did an SBA on the front piece- I just did the reverse of a full bust adjustment and removed volume vertically and horizontally along the bust darts.
All it needs are the buttons to be sewn on.

Here is a picture of the cuffed shorts on. This is my kind of sewing- I got up early, made them and then wore them all day. Sweet!
So, my 2 days off were delightful! DH came up and we explored the new neighborhood- we are walking distance from a library, a grocerty store and a Starbucks (I WILL be getting T-Mobile access!!)

And, back at the ranch (in Rockville) my drapery fabric arrived! I had to drape it immediately and I just love it. So that's my weekend sewing. The traverse rod is up, so all I need to do is figure out how the heck to make draperies... How hard can it be? ... please don't tell me, I already know it's not as easy as it looks...

Happy weekend and Happy Sewing!