I've got to make myself something to wear to my cousin's wedding in a few weeks and I've been feeling uninspired by everything.
Today, I went stash diving because I don't want to spend the money on new fabric (I already have tons). The yardage I specifically went looking for is still hiding, but I dug out some other options. I'm still not sure which direction I want to go or what style dress I even want. I've spent at least a month pondering it all. I'm just meh about the whole thing.
My dilemma is a compound problem:
-
It's an evening wedding. I almost never need eveningwear and I want to make something that I can wear more than once.
-
It's at the beginning of November and it could be rather chilly or still 85°F since it's north Texas. It's one of the hardest months to predict how you'll need to dress.
-
I can't wear my gold sequin dress again because it's all the same family attending the wedding (this is younger sister's wedding).
-
My cousin said she doesn't really have wedding colors. Her bridesmaids and mother will be wearing navy and all the flowers are white.
-
Wedding attire etiquette is the same as for film - no black, white, or red.
-
I don't really look good in dark and/or cool colors. So I'm really having to push myself to be enthused about most of my choices. If I could wear any of my bright fabrics, I'd have a million options.
The fabric I was looking for is a cobalt blue and I don't remember how many yards of it I have. Probably only two. It's not a good color on me, but I have the perfect heels to go with it.
What I did find was a navy linen with metallic gold in it. It is super sparkly in real life but it just looks like denim in photos if I'm not trying really hard to show the shine. (First 2 pics)
I love the "earth" print semi-matte satin, but it feels a bit casual because it's a print. It is the most me in terms of bright colors I would normally wear without being too fluorescent.
And I also have 14.5 yards of the crinkled shiny teal stuff. It's pretty dark and from certain angles, it almost looks black. I bought it from the Barney & Friends end of show sale probably 10+ years ago. It's probably polyester, it's not super thick, and it has decent drape. I just have no idea what style it wants to be.
I don't know. Nothing is really speaking to me. Meh.
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
Not bad for a first attempt at English paper piecing. I deliberately used a contrast thread so I could see if I needed to do anything differently.
I have a crazy idea in mind and this was just a test sample. It's going to take forever, but this should be the perfect mindless project to keep my hands busy when I'm listening to podcasts with my husband at night.
Triangle is 4" equilateral.
#epp
My husband sent me a "funny clothes" compilation video, and I actually kind of like this one, lol! I'm trying to wrap my head around exactly how to construct this so you could still turn everything! It looks simple but it's actually really complex!
I don't think it has any seams - looks like one giant circle. But to clean finish those holes, you'd have to sew them in steps with some burrito action. Definitely have to sew one and then the other.
I might have to make a half scale version to see if I can.
I made a patriotic 18th Century style skirt for and indie film maker to wear to her documentary premiere. Unfortunately, it has been delayed (she and her husband are still working on the final edit) and won't be out today as originally planned, but she'll have a skirt whenever it comes out later this year!
In true historical style, the skirt back ties around the waist and then the front ties around the back. This creates side openings that allow access to any pockets worn underneath. Modern women are always complaining about small or no pockets - they used to be separate accessories and as big as you wanted! (Example photos of me modeling it over my jeans at work because my coworkers wanted to see it.)
I couldn't help myself and matched the stars on the seams and even managed to hide horizontal tucks on the bottom layer that don't interrupt the stars (it's two layers of skirt). It can be worn with or without a petticoat, and the top layer can be draped with loops of red ribbon I stitched ...
