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May 15, 2007
The Dame Dress
Here is my new shirtdress! I used some reproduction art deco fabric from Hancock and an amalgamation of this pattern and these sleeves. It was a super fast dress and I think that this is my new go-to pattern. I didn't do most of the fussy things that I did for the first shirtdress, so that simplified matters a great deal and I like it just as well. I am happy that I could get the sleeves to work since they are from a different manufacturer. They are much more comfortable than the originals are. I didn't make a belt for this one and am using some grosgrain ribbon. Would a self belt look better or is the contrast good?
The camera was accidentally set to "sepia" in the beginning, and so here are some vintage photos:
A Sassy Girl-Reporter!
A Swooning Housewife!
I think that now I will finally get around to sewing that halter that I've had cut out for a year or so...
As my first Girl-Reporter assignment, I am very pleased to announce that school is done! My dissertation prospectus meeting went well and so now is the summer of our frantic writing. I am RAing over the summer, but I can do that from the comfort of my computer chair and it mostly consists of playing in photoshop. Score! Perhaps this will fund my new lavish lifestyle: we have been eating at restaurants like every single day now that J is home. Yum! Mongolian stir-fry tonight, methinks. Is this the swooning housewife part? I guess if I'm swooning, that means I don't have to cook! Not that I do anyhow, that is really J's job. I bake, but not so much with the cooking. Partially, this is because by the time I feel hungry it is WAY TOO LATE TO START COOKING. I am not officially hypoglycemic, but man the world around me sure feels it once my blood sugar gets low. Sorry, world.
In other news, the back is feeling much better thanks to some rest and massive prescription strength horse pill sized ibuprofen. Better living through chemistry!
Posted by loyd0008 at May 15, 2007 01:33 PM
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Swooning housewife...what lies behind that mysterious door? Could it be...
Zombies?!
Posted by: j. at May 15, 2007 02:10 PM
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Posted by: j. at May 15, 2007 03:02 PM
Oooh, I love the sepia photos, need to see if my camera does that. I think the contrast belt is perfect for the printed fabric.
Posted by: christina at May 15, 2007 03:38 PM