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February 16, 2007
Afterthoughts
So I finished this little puppy last night. I can't say that I have any overwhelmingly positive feelings for it. Mostly this was one of those dresses in which one Learns a Valuable Lesson. That lesson is as follows: I pretty much hate silk noil.
Oh you were so promising in the beginning, Silk Noil. You were cheap, different, dare I say... exotic? No, I dare not. I had such big plans for you and I. Now those dreams are all dashed. I could, instead of sewing with you, use you to pick up every molecule of dust, dirt, and string in my entire apartment. Instead, I think we will just go our separate ways, you and I. And if I ever see your dirty face around here again, I will just throw you on the floor and vacuum you directly.
So that's that. The pattern's not bad and if fits pretty ok. I mean, there's a lot of room for leeway in wrap dresses. I just can't go out of the house without a few sticky lint roller thingies hidden in my bra. Oh well.
And as for the sleeves and belt... Well, there's a reason that this is now the Afterthought Dress. I sure did think I had enough fabric. But no *cough* I sure didn't. In typical Villain fashion, I marched on regardless. I had some cream silk noil (it is actually textured in a stripe) and I decided it would be acceptable to channel my inner French Maid. I also thought that it would be more Anthropologie-core and daring. The pattern was missing the sleeve (damn you, ebay seller!) so I just took one from another dress and poofed it on up. I must admit that I like the look. I think that I will be completely won over when I finally get around to making a nice big fabric flower for the collar. Whenever that is.
I think I need to go out and buy some nice simple little cotton to take my mind of the nubbly badness of this dress. C'est la vie!
Oh and the little rose peeking out is from J. He is the only person (besides, like, my family) to ever give me more than one flower at a time, let alone a beautiful bouquet of red roses from far far away! So pretty! The arrangement was very nice and refreshingly free of baby's breath. Sadly, I did not manage to get a photo of it that does it justice. Thank you, Minou!
Posted by loyd0008 at February 16, 2007 03:50 PM