I'm a snail, I'm a snail, I'm a snail...
No matter how much I sew, I don't seem to make any progress ! This feeling of not moving any further is frustrating, even though I DO get a little something accomplished every day - just too little a little. Sadly, I can't do anythign against the fact that I don't have enough time, staying a bit late at work and with a few medical apointments lately... It buggers me that the things that have got to give are the ones I want to do the most, like sewing or dancing. Actually, ot sort of depresses me, I'm trying to avoid the un pleasant black hole by thinking at least a good part of the medical stuff will be over next week, and the job front should be cleared in two weeks.
I think I need a good book.
Anyway, on the actual sewing front...
Today was so slow at work (I mean... one person enters the shop every 30 minutes at best ? Am I to die of boredom ?) I actually took the bodice out of my bag and sewed. As a consequence, only one half of the lower hem (and a tiny bit at the neck) remains to be done. Good. (Now I hope it will snow tomorrow too, or reach the predicted minus 15 celsius, so that everyone stays at home and I get to sew the second half tomorrow :D) A propos bodice, I know just exactly how I want it to be finished, and thus, the amount of work needed - and I'll have to postpone a few things if I want it done for March. I'll make normal buttonholes, and will wait for another occasion to try my hands on bound ones, but I'll do them by hand, as I really hated how the machine-made ones looked on the HG's vest. Then there are some seams on the front, namely the centre front one and the one net to it on the right, which look a little odd to me, like they don't have a purpose and I could have drafted them out if I was brilliant enough (I certainly could have drafted the center front one out, I just hadn't thought the overlapping design over enough at that point). *But* they would really make sense if, for instance, the panel between them (center front right) had some specific embellishment. Yes, I do know it would have been easier to put a brocade applique on it before assembling the bodice, but you know, Martha = masochistic !
I also got the petticoat completely cut out, and my love affair with the linen ended at the very minute my scissors first met said fabric. It stretches in *every* direction, just when you're not looking at it, I'm sure it would stretch right into the fourth dimension if it could ! Of course, the cat found it funny to go play inside the fabric while I was cutting it, so that I had to recut one half of the back. And don't you even try to talk to me about the straicht or cross of grain. Both are twisted anyhow. The good news ? It's done. And I have lots of fabric left over, I'll be able to make a pretty corset cover and possibly something else out of it.
Good night LJ-Land ! (Since this is a semi-rant, I get to use my pink angry icon. I love it !)
I think I need a good book.
Anyway, on the actual sewing front...
Today was so slow at work (I mean... one person enters the shop every 30 minutes at best ? Am I to die of boredom ?) I actually took the bodice out of my bag and sewed. As a consequence, only one half of the lower hem (and a tiny bit at the neck) remains to be done. Good. (Now I hope it will snow tomorrow too, or reach the predicted minus 15 celsius, so that everyone stays at home and I get to sew the second half tomorrow :D) A propos bodice, I know just exactly how I want it to be finished, and thus, the amount of work needed - and I'll have to postpone a few things if I want it done for March. I'll make normal buttonholes, and will wait for another occasion to try my hands on bound ones, but I'll do them by hand, as I really hated how the machine-made ones looked on the HG's vest. Then there are some seams on the front, namely the centre front one and the one net to it on the right, which look a little odd to me, like they don't have a purpose and I could have drafted them out if I was brilliant enough (I certainly could have drafted the center front one out, I just hadn't thought the overlapping design over enough at that point). *But* they would really make sense if, for instance, the panel between them (center front right) had some specific embellishment. Yes, I do know it would have been easier to put a brocade applique on it before assembling the bodice, but you know, Martha = masochistic !
I also got the petticoat completely cut out, and my love affair with the linen ended at the very minute my scissors first met said fabric. It stretches in *every* direction, just when you're not looking at it, I'm sure it would stretch right into the fourth dimension if it could ! Of course, the cat found it funny to go play inside the fabric while I was cutting it, so that I had to recut one half of the back. And don't you even try to talk to me about the straicht or cross of grain. Both are twisted anyhow. The good news ? It's done. And I have lots of fabric left over, I'll be able to make a pretty corset cover and possibly something else out of it.
Good night LJ-Land ! (Since this is a semi-rant, I get to use my pink angry icon. I love it !)