In the olden days, pre-children, I sometimes had piano lessons, and my teacher was also a record producer, song writer and general muso. He would often stay up all night working with singers, when they were all "feeling it" and things just worked. I didn't get it then, but I do now.
I finished the Cat Lady dress. It's a thing of beauty, and only took about 5 hours in total. Unfortunately, 3 of those hours were between 9:30 last night and 12:30 this morning, so I'm a bit tired today, but I couldn't have stopped, even had I wanted to. The only thing that prevented me from sewing later was that I couldn't find my invisible zip, so had to stop. But it was mostly done in one evening.
I don't like doing facings, so it has bias binding on the neck and on the armholes, and also around the hem, making it officially beautiful inside too. I pinked all the seams, and even ironed it as I went along - a thing I never do. I won't show you the invisible zip. It's enough to say that it isn't that invisible, I had a hell of a time putting the damn thing in, but guess what? I don't care!
The next time I make an Anna dress, I might grade it a bit, so that there isn't as much fabric between my bust and my armpit - it sort of gapes there a bit. The madness of the print distracts the eye from the slightly botched waistline; I'm not sure what happened, but my skirt pieces got out of order, or I'd written the wrong number on them, or something just went awry. I'm generally very pleased with it, and quite pleased that my photographer has finally managed to take a picture of me where I don't look like a wally. Well, not that much.
I finished the Cat Lady dress. It's a thing of beauty, and only took about 5 hours in total. Unfortunately, 3 of those hours were between 9:30 last night and 12:30 this morning, so I'm a bit tired today, but I couldn't have stopped, even had I wanted to. The only thing that prevented me from sewing later was that I couldn't find my invisible zip, so had to stop. But it was mostly done in one evening.
I don't like doing facings, so it has bias binding on the neck and on the armholes, and also around the hem, making it officially beautiful inside too. I pinked all the seams, and even ironed it as I went along - a thing I never do. I won't show you the invisible zip. It's enough to say that it isn't that invisible, I had a hell of a time putting the damn thing in, but guess what? I don't care!
The next time I make an Anna dress, I might grade it a bit, so that there isn't as much fabric between my bust and my armpit - it sort of gapes there a bit. The madness of the print distracts the eye from the slightly botched waistline; I'm not sure what happened, but my skirt pieces got out of order, or I'd written the wrong number on them, or something just went awry. I'm generally very pleased with it, and quite pleased that my photographer has finally managed to take a picture of me where I don't look like a wally. Well, not that much.
Photobombing ratbags. Cute though.
Dress: By Hand London Anna
Fabric: Cocoland Coco Cat Daisies from Frumble
Bring on the cats!
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