Current Mood : Slightly sad.
Dearest Son brought back an
extra box from his visit with his grandparents – stuff of mine we left behind. I
knew we were missing some things, but, Arrgh. Much as I’m glad to have Ceremonial Gown Leia and Leia and R2-D2 as Jabba’s Prisoners back,
I have no idea what I’m gonna do with ‘em. Or where I can put them. Just barely
found a place to store the ten sheets of 6mm craft fun foam in the box’s
bottom. At least I won’t have to buy that stuff for the next two soft-side
boxes I make…
Some sad news – our Betta
fish, Bloom, passed away in the night. Poor little thing. Don’t know why, he
hadn’t been eating for the last two days, and then, this morning… Services were
held creek-side, with immediate family only in attendance.
Was trying to distract
myself from a mindless munch-a-thon late tonight when I decided to sew
something new. Let’s face it, half the time I think I’m hungry, I’m mostly
bored and want to do something, I just don’t know what – or lack the confidence
to do what I know I wanna do. I decided, rather than try the brand-new pattern
I bought this month for the boyfiends, I wanted to sew something pretty. Which
is kind of funny, when you consider I ended up sewing a bubble-skirt dress. Maybe
I was thinking of Bloom…
Truth is, I don’t really
think bubble skirts are that pretty. Mostly they look like a semi-deflated
balloon, and make even the thinnest women appear to be smuggling snow tires.
But I’d never sewn one, even by accident, and the pattern pieces looked so odd,
I knew it’d keep my attention. I used NG Creations’ third pattern again, pieces
#7 - #9 for the skirt. It came together well, and actually looked pretty good,
although I had some gathering problems…the worst time to run out of bobbin
thread is ¾ of the way through a row of gathering stitches. Ah, well. Next one
will probably look better.
The drop-waist bodice…I was
disappointed in. From the same pattern set, it used pieces #5 and #6. It calls
for gathering maybe a half-inch on the top front on each side, which you have
to admit is a challenge and kind of a pain for such a small area. And then,
once the side seams are sewn, you can’t tell you did anything ! Once it was
complete, it gapped hugely, and I had to take it in at the back quite a bit. Even
then, it’d be a peek-a-boo blouse for any of the taller boyfiends who take
three seconds to simply look down. Not sure if I went wrong or the pattern did.
I’ll probably sew just the bodice tomorrow, out of scraps, to check m’self.
Otherwise, with another
trial or two, I think I’ll soon have a neat dress pattern ! I’ve come to like
the look of it – it’s pretty 80s, really – and I’d love to do more with it. For
now, though, as a first-run, it’s not too bad. And it kept me out of the fridge
for about two hours !
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