There was a discussion between some of my non-sewing online friends over the last couple of days about work habits and how different personality types like their workspace/desk set up, and someone shared this interesting interview about tidiness or lack there of when it comes to being productive -
https://curi.us/tcs/Articles/DDandUntidiness.html
I relate to many things the interviewee (I think he's a British scientist) says and have many thoughts, but I want to let everyone read it first. We can discuss in the comments here. =)
And here's a free sticker I received with a notions order a couple days ago - #sewdontclean hehe!
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 think I've basted at least 300 triangles now. The prep work is going faster than I expected it to go. I calculated that I need 678 total for my planned design - so almost halfway there!
#epp
I made some decent progress on basting while listening to podcasts this weekend. I started with some purple ombre fabric I didn't show in previous post. I cut out as many fabric triangles as I could fit on the half yard I had and made it through a little over half that pile.
I'm going to mix in some outerspace/stars that coordinate with all my other ombre fabrics, so I cut a pile of those this morning. I'm waiting until I have all the purple and the stars basted to determine how much I need to cut up of the original ombre fabric I posted because I know I won't need to use it all.
Swipe to see progress and star fabric.
#epp
Experimental dirndl...
I wanted to try wearing a dirndl as a support garment. So this is very plain.
Notes:
1) First set of hand-sewn eyelets - okay, that was pretty straightforward and these seem nice. Are they cute? Not cute. But they're solid and didn't stretch or twist first run out at all. Grommets suck, so if they continue to perform, I might switch. They took a while, obvs.
2) I should not have made this many lacing holes. It's secure, but yeeek I need a lot of ribbon. Also to get it over my head I need a lot of room initially between the lacing ... yeah. There is sooooo much ribbon. DH said I should use clips instead. Maybe a zipper? I've seen that on modern dirndl, although that doesn't allow for adjustments. Look, this explains busks on corsets, okay?
3) Comfy. Very, very comfy. It's cotton denim, nonstretch theoretically but it's not coutil by any means. So a little stretchy, but not much. The ribbons are the least comfy part, lacing distance could ...
