So, as a new seamstress I like being able to have real results really quickly. Who am I kidding? Even if I was more experienced, I would still love it. But it is encouraging and helps me stick with things when I can sit down and work on something for an hour or so and have something that looks close to dress or whatever it is I am trying to make.
I had picked out some amazingly cute fabric at Whipstitch Fabrics when I was in Atlanta a month or so ago. This deep gray with a variety of teal and cream colored bicycles. I can't find it in their Etsy shop right now. But trust me, its cute.
I knew I wanted to work on making my daughter another dress from an Oliver + S pattern I had already completed once before because I wanted to try again now that I was more comfortable with it. And the dress is super cute, so why not have two? Its the ice cream dress. LOVE!
I got out the fabric and washed it last Wednesday and my daughter (I will use her nickname: Panda Bear) zeroed in on the bicycle "flabric" and couldn't wait for me to make her a new dress. So Thursday night resulted in . . .not a new dress and a very disappointed little girl on Friday morning. Which made me decide I was going to make sure the girl had a new dress to wear on Saturday. So I started at 9 and finished at 2.
I learned that I should have stopped earlier because looking at it Saturday morning I realized there a bunch of little things that you see when you get up close that could have been avoided if I had stopped around 11 or 12. Oh well. You live, you learn. And most people don't study clothes THAT closely, right?
I will get some good pictures tonight and post them.
Sometimes it's hard to slow down when you're on a roll and just want to get it done! And you did that, so good for you. And it's amazing how you learn stuff with every project that you do too...
ReplyDeleteHave a great day JaneBean and thanks for hopping by the ol' blog!. :)