Yesterday, I decided I would take on a new project. - Not that I don’t have enough going on (in the world of craftiness - what, with making gifts and stuff for a swap, and all)… I decided I’d try a new “sexy dress” I’d found online. So, I grab my bag of material and the new thread and power up my sewing machine. I was ready to rock and roll…err, sew. Hubs was coming home early, but I still had a good hour or more before he’d be home, and I was elated that I’d be able to meet him at the door in my new dress. After all, the chic said that the dress only took HER 30 minutes from start to finish. And, I was a pro, right…as I’d already made one simple dress and a skirt that ended up not fitting my daughter AT ALL (I really should have rethought this).
So, I began. I cut out my fabric, just winging it…as I had absolutely NO measurements to go by. None. She’s one of those geniuses that can do that and come up with stunning masterpieces…and I, well…I was hoping for the best. Or, just stupid. Whichever. Anyhow, I soon figured out that I would have to modify her directions a bit (there were no patterns, just a rough explanation of how it was made to go by). For starters, she had a um…perfect body. Think Barbie. No hips and a cute tiny butt. I have hips and am ample booty. So, yeh. A straight triangle for my skirt-piece. NOT gonna happen. It suddenly became clear to me that I was going to have to make this dress …on me. So, I sewed a little….then put it on….sewed some more…feverishly working, trying to finish before hubby got home.
Until my craft room gets totally organized (as I really REALLY need some shelving in there), my kitchen table is serving as my sewing center. And, the only mirror is above the buffet table. So, as I was fitting the skirt to my body, using pins to mark where the lines SHOULD be (but were not), I was also standing on a chair…in my kitchen…in my underwear. And the skirt-part of the dress…which went right up to under my bust-line. So, you can imagine my husband’s surprise when he walked into the door.
Not really what I had planned on.
Oh well. At least there are LOTS of trees and we have blinds. I really would like a sewing room now. And a dress form to my measurements.
Oh yeh…and the dress? It looks like it came straight out of an 80s nightmare.
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4 Comments Received
May 4th, 2008 @7:49 am
You simply canNOT post that without showing us a picture of it! No teasing!
Anyway, I have a fabric/sewing room (with NO shelving too I might add), and I NEVER sew in there. I always bring my machine down to the dining room table. For one, my husband gets jealous when I sew and am not with him, so at least that way we’re both on the same floor. And two, there’s no TV or radio in my fabric room so it’s too quiet! I feel lonely in there.
I got a dress form and only used it twice. It’s a small but still won’t go as small as I am. You look tiny too so I have the feeling you’d have the same problem.
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Thanks for the warning about the dress form…maybe I will have to get one custom made but those things are EXPENSIVE. Or…maybe I’ll make one!!
Haha! I’ve been sewing so much that I’ve left the machine on the dining room table and hubby is NOT a fan lol.
May 4th, 2008 @7:50 am
Well knowing Steven, he probably appreciated the “lack” of dress. lol
Keep trying, you will get the hang of it eventually. You always do.
love ya
And, yes…I can’t say he was perturbed…
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lol thanks
May 4th, 2008 @7:56 pm
WHERE IS THE PIC?? I want to see the pic.. hahaha..
Listen.. you actually attempted to sew a dress.. I say you rock no matter what!
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No pic of me SEWING the dress…or um, pinning it. But, maybe I’ll do one of the finished 80s nightmare…before I rip the top out and try again (on the top part)
May 10th, 2008 @5:52 am
“Ample booty” my ass! I’ll need photographic verification of that, ma’am.
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