I've found this to be true in a lot of ways in my own sewing. At work, I can be crazy productive, and then my personal "just for fun" projects just die during the process. Impossible deadlines? I somehow make it work. Half a yard or more short on fabric than I need to make something? I somehow eke it out anyway - often with a creative fix that ends up being my favorite thing about a finished garment.
But all this to say, I think this is why 1883 failed on many levels. The budget was huge. Everything and anything was possible for the most part. And yet, it ended up coming across as confusing and slightly amateur in a lot of ways. There was no "anchor" to any of it as this article describes:
I spent the day priming things for paint and then I remembered to shoot a quick video. #SewingStudioBuild
I started cutting all the edges while Janet was away yesterday morning. When she got back after lunch, she pulled out a roller and started filling in. I'll put a pic below in the comments. #SewingStudioBuild
We broke for lunch and then came back with a portal ac unit plugged in to an extention cord from the house. Can't wait until they finished hooking up all the electrical and we have the mini split cooling the room for us - it was stupid humid today! #SewingStudioBuild
I draped a really rough half-scale ruffle tail for one of the debutant dresses Janet & I are making. I just eyeballed and freehand cut a scrap of (un-ironed) muslin in a spiral and pinned it to my little dress form to make sure it was long enough to reach from hem to waist. Then I marked the folds and traced it onto graph paper and cleaned it up. The graph paper makes it easier to copy at 200% and tape the pieces back together.
I'll transfer the enlarged frankenstein paper pattern to brown paper when I'm back at the studio tomorrow or Friday and then make it out of the real fabric.
#ruffle #fiestabuild
I made 2 of these valentine garlands. Found the tutorial via Instagram and thought it would be perfect to send to Ashley, my daughter in Oregon, and Madison, my birth daughter in North Carolina.
Pics are from Ashley.
