🧷🧷🧷 I'm posting just to let everyone know that this is COMPLETELY NORMAL & part of the process! We all go through this even when we have tons of experience, and hopefully, this will help you understand how I push through the awkward stage of a build. 🧷🧷🧷
I've been staring at the dress on the form all morning. It has reached the "awkward teenager" stage of the project. I know that if I just keep going, it'll all end up being okay, but I kind of hate the dress at the moment!
First of all, this looks worse on the dress form than it does on me, so there's that distortion when I'm viewing it without putting it on. It's easier to contemplate all sides and be more objective when I'm not standing in front of a mirror and I'm not distracted by lack of makeup and casual hair.
I have not understitched or pressed the top edge, so it's ugly & puffy and the foundation is showing. I have not pressed & trimmed the seam where the flounce is attached. I also need to move the back flounce up another half inch to keep it out of the possible "step-on" zone before I finish that (I already moved center back up one inch but it still needs a little more). This fabric needs to be controlled and convinced to do what I want it to do. (Annoying fabric!)
And everything is just so straight it's meh. I need to do a little more shaping on the sides at the waist and probably center back below the butt.
So I'm just letting it hang for a bit and pondering it all.
#Butterick4731
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
Tonight I learned how to do foundation paper piecing (fpp) without sewing through the paper. I've never had any desire to sew through the paper and then have to rip it all off. This was much faster with no ripping required in the end!
I plan to make this Jack Russell Terrier block into a decorative pillow.
#FoundationPaperPiecing #fpp
A client I made a cosplay for a few years ago won tickets to The Kentucky Derby in May and commissioned me to make her outfit! This is going to be a fun build!
Her inspiration is from a dress in Singin' in the Rain, and I found a good starting point pattern to use from Mrs. Depew Patterns that has a similar vibe. It's a repo of a 1920s evening gown.
I printed her size and taped it together this afternoon. It isn't the cleanest draft (lots of pointy curves), but it seems decent enough and I can clean it up. I'll start on a mockup in a few days.
#derbydress
Making lingerie out of scraps again. This is a scrap of Liberty of London lawn (left over from a blouse) and some lingerie lace I bought on Etsy (where it is extremely affordable and available in an nearly-infinite variety of styles/colors). I went with a band of sheer ribbon and matching straps.
This is a pattern I rubbed off a bought nightgown.
