Current Mood : Sleepy
I can now cross ‘see a live
ballet performance’ off the Life Goal list ! It’s amazing how much I’ve seen in
my life – operas, Passion Plays, red light districts, holy relic processionals,
ancient temples, WPA markers in sidewalks a few miles away – but I’d never seen
a live ballet before. It was amazing ! At some points of the show, you couldn’t
hear the dancers’ feet hit the floor at all, at others it was like snow tapping
your windowpanes, and at another, it was like a sudden performance of Stomp. It really was amazing, and will
probably manifest in my sewing. I keep wanting to make ruffly long skirts and
those lace-up waist sashes. With miles of coordinating ribbons !
Dinner was nice, too – I had
a place card with my name (spelled correctly !) waiting for me, which I slipped
into my purse as a souvenir. I noticed most of my fellow feminine diners did
the same. There was a live jazz combo and a singer, too. Dinner was… kind of
reminded me of some weddings I went to, when the food was lovely to look at.
The cheesecake was delicious ! It was all very elegant and romantic, and I
think everyone enjoyed the evening. We sure did !
Meanwhile, Ginger-kitty is
still recuperating, but she’s been eating and shucking off her soft ‘cone of
shame’ collar every chance she gets, so I think she’s on the mend. She’s about
to drive me crazy, meowing to go outside, though. I feel for her, there’s
probably a cat community around here worried about her, but until her stitches
are out, no way.
And I think I’ve solved why
my back closures – even with improved hand-stitched snaps and better machine-sewn
Velcro ™ - look so consistently bad. I think I’ve been taking out an extra ¼”
seam allowance, which leads to a pucker in the back. D’oh ! Why didn’t I
realize that before ! Well, most of the time, the outfit still fit when I did
that. What’s been happening is, I folded the back closure over before sewing on
the hook side of the Velcro – for more stability, ya know ? But that just takes
out extra fabric that really wasn’t called for. Most patterns don’t call for a
fold-over in the back unless it’s a facing. It still seems odd to sew the
Velcro to just one thickness of fabric, but when I look at Barbie Mattel-mades,
yes, that’s exactly how it’s done. So I’ll probably start cheap-serging the
back raw edges, for an extra bit of density, but my back closures should lose
the pucker-pleat very soon. Wish me luck with the first experiment !
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