If I knew what I was getting into, I don't think I would have made a dress my first attempt out of the gate. At least not a dress made out of slippery, stretchy fabric, as the pattern required. A nice cotton sun dress would have been more appropriate, but like my title says, ignorance is bliss. I am glad I did it because it was a HUGE learning experience. I made many calls to my mom, and she took over the gussets. Apparently I would have made her a nervous wreck if I did those. She kept saying "you can't do those - I can't do those and I have been sewing for 55 years". If you know my mom, you just kind of step aside and say okay and just sit and watch and learn. We had to stop sewing the gussets and take a break because she was having a hard time with the fabric, using a stretch stitch and having the thread was constantly breaking. I got a call the next morning from her telling me she was coming over and had a better idea. I guess I am like her in that I won't let some fabric deter me from finishing or figuring out a better way. Needless to say, she kicked some gusset butt and then went home. Three weeks later I was done with the dress you see above. There is no way in hell I was going to model the dress, so I have some cropped photos of it when I wore it to my company Christmas Party.....and a FUN party it was!
Nice job. I love hearing about Stella kicking some butt. what will be project #3?
Wishing you the best in 2009!
Posted by: Linda P. | January 08, 2009 at 10:51 AM