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Jul. 2nd, 2023 08:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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!
- 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!
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Date: 2023-07-03 11:07 am (UTC)Your dress sounds like it will be lovely!
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Date: 2023-07-07 09:13 pm (UTC)I am not great at sewing in a straight line but honestly, I'm not that good at it with a sewing machine either. When I'm handsewing, it's easier to mark my seam allowance with chalk or whatever as I go along, though.
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Date: 2023-07-03 08:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-07 08:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-07 09:11 pm (UTC)Add to that the fact that I've always been a very slow crafter - most of my knitting or spinning projects are on a scale of months to years - and the pace of sewing by hand feels less like patience and more like an extension of my status quo. Handsewing a garment in a couple weeks actually feels extremely fast considering that knitting even a pair of socks usually takes me about three months.