Monday, June 25, 2007

On sewing.

I decided that I should make a dress for the small cousin who will be the flowergirl at our wedding. I thought to myself that really it couldn't be that difficult. First, I went to the fabric store and found a so-called easy pattern. They lure you in with a brand-name of "Simplicity."

Here's a play-by-play of my Monday night in Topeka, making a practice version of what may someday be the real dress. Warning: this is super-exciting stuff. Hold on to your hats.

I was encouraged at my mastery over the first two steps of this project:

Step 1 - Wash the fabric.









Step 2: Dry the fabric. (This was my favorite activity.)


But after that, things got tricky. I probably called Jonathan's mom at least five times with different questions - and that was only after re-reading the entire contents of my pattern envelope and consulting a "Sewing Basics" book that Jonathan's aunt got when she realized the sad state of my sewing skills. The next few steps proceeded slowly and painfully.

Step 3: Lay out the pattern and cut the fabric.


Step 4: Figure out the sewing machine.



Step 5: Put it all together. This step involved gathering fabric, which wasn't nearly as stressful as I had anticipated. I did manage to crush my gathers when I sewed the top and the bottom together, though. And the finished result looks way too big to me. I guess that's why this is the trial run.



But in the end, I took a bunch of fabric and made it into something (almost, but not quite yet) wearable. That's pretty cool. I can try anything once.

1 Comments:

At Wednesday, June 27, 2007 , Blogger Kristine said...

I am so impressed with your efforts. Well done!

 

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