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May 2, 2007
Jazzy!
Here is my latest! It was a pretty darned easy Simplicity pattern that I will certainly be doing again. I have a feeling that this will be one of J's favorites and I certainly like it a lot too. Check out the mysterious plume of hair jutting from the back of my head. Nice, huh?
Jazz hands! (I'm not sure why that was appropriate and I have a feeling it wasn't really, but it just felt so right.)
I used an art deco reprint fabric from Hancock. I'd love to do one in a perky Asian floral like this one. Not that I can afford to buy more fabric. Now, even worse than usual. :{ The only change that I would make is to use an invisible zipper instead of a normal one. Somehow I feel l like I'm actually getting worse at zippers. Maybe my standards are just getting higher? Who knows?
The dress has been done for a few days, but I have not been in much of a mood to shoot it. Even today, feeling more lively, most of the photos looked like I was a zombie. It seemed to take forever for me to finish, even though it was not a particularly difficult pattern. This is, I'm sure, in part due to grading papers and journals and reading Deleuze. Just reading him takes about 90% of my energy for the day. But, I don't have very much of anything to do for a bit, just work on my RAship and dream up new fashion ensembles. Heh.
I have a Vogue dress (the green version in almost the same color challis) cut out as well as my friend Allison's much belated birthday present. Tomorrow or Friday I will delve back into the sewing. (Oops I guess I have two dresses cut out, but one has been sitting around for literally months.. many months, so I don't feel any real urgency there, though it is this dress in this fabric, so maybe I should!)
For all my bitching about Minneapolis weather, it is absolutely perfect out today. I think I will make some quickbread and eat pineapple for dinner and drink some tea. Sounds like a pretty sweet day to me!
Posted by loyd0008 at May 2, 2007 4:33 PM
Comments
Nice!
Posted by: Nadia Lewis at May 2, 2007 6:20 PM
Oooh! I can't wait to see that Vogue dress. I just bought the pattern.
Posted by: christina at May 2, 2007 8:09 PM
Hey,this dress fits you great,what pattern number did you use?
Posted by: Eithne at May 3, 2007 1:51 PM
This is one of my faves...you look great in it!
Posted by: j. at May 3, 2007 6:28 PM
That dress is just darling and I'm looking forward to seeing the Vogue one too.
Posted by: Flibbertygibbet at May 7, 2007 5:21 AM
Thank you so much! I can't wait to get started on that Vogue. I just saw its twin in a Banana Republic ad and now the fabric is calling out in strained tones, "Please, deliver me to my destiny!!"
Oh, and the red one is Simplicity 4194.
Posted by: villain at May 7, 2007 10:14 PM
Hi everyone. You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.
I am from Afghanistan and learning to read in English, tell me right I wrote the following sentence: "Kinsler was one of three inexpensive jokes in the 2008 all star game, holding youkilis and braun."
With respect 8), Sondra.
Posted by: Sondra at September 11, 2009 12:00 AM