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Progress on the dress I'm making:

- I finished the muslin, which fit properly and everything! I mean, I need to make a couple adjustments - the skirt needs to be a few inches longer and the pocket bags need to be bigger - but those are easy changes to make.

- I bought the actual fabric to make the dress with. And then yesterday I dyed the fabric, because buying it in white is cheaper and dyeing is fun. (I also dyed the thread so it would match properly.)

- I had to go back to the store to buy interfacing, because I forgot it, and was chatting with the cashier about my project. I mentioned that I was handsewing the dress and she looked super impressed. It's funny, because I think of handsewing as certainly weirder but actually much easier in a lot of ways. It just takes longer. But I imagine people who are more familiar and comfortable with a sewing machine might not think of it that way.

- And today I have to cut out the dress, which is the worst part.

- But then I get to actually start sewing!