🧷🧷🧷 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.
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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
Merry Christmas, everyone!
If you're looking for something Christmasy to listen to/watch over the next few days, here's the most recent episode of my favorite podcast Blurry Creatures. It's a really fascinating (and nerdy) deep dive into the Biblical story of the Magi.
Two days after my son turned in his last paper for his bachelor's degree, I finished my shirt sewing project. Eight shirts, made to measure. Most of the fabrics are linen. Yes, regrettably you can tell exactly when I got my sewing machine repaired... but I hope these help him as he moves through his master's program and in life.
We had a very quiet Thanksgiving, and I'm doing palate cleansers between the shirts in my shirt gift project, so I ran through the scrap pile and made myself an apron.
Aprons, IME, should be made of thicker fabrics in order to actually prevent splashes and stains from getting to your real clothes. Both of these were skirt leftover bits :)
