My dress – An update and a sinking feeling
It’s amazing how little you (and by you I mean me) can manage to get one in 3 hours. I’m still working on my dress in fits and starts a little here and there.
Months ago I had a huge tearful saga about the sleeves. Who knew sleeves were such little bitches? I had made a pattern adjustment ot the sleeves but when it came time to sew them in they seemed HUGE. So I at first assumed that I had fucked up the adjustment and I went through this absurd range of emotions. Mostly about how I was DOOMED TO FAIL. Recriminations about my idiocy and incompetence were flung at my head, there were tears involved and a certainty that I would never succeed at anything EVER in my entire life. Sometimes I wonder how I have made it this far in life…
But as it turns out the adjustments were correct and I am NOT DOOMED. Cap sleeves are apparently a bitch and take practice (shocker) and there is a crapload of ironing involved.
The sleeves are done and came out pretty well with only a little bit of accidental pleating. Now, I am on the collar and front facing.
I have another sinking feeling that it isn’t going to fit very well also that it is too busy with the bird fabric. DAMMIT. I feel sad.
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December 17, 2008 at 6:17 pm
I can’t believe you are MAKING a dress. It reminds me of that episode of SpongeBob where a balloon pops, and SpongeBob says “I’ve got the balloon!” and holds up the scraps, and Patrick says “I’ve got the air!” (or maybe Patrick had the scraps and SpongeBob had the air—it’s so hard to remember the details of these complicated plotlines) and they put it together again. I mean, MAKING a dress? You don’t MAKE a dress, you PURCHASE a dress. Made by a MACHINE. Because it is too hard for a human to do.
December 19, 2008 at 3:28 am
i can’t wait to see it!