I don't know when it happened.
I don't know exactly how it happened.
I don't know why it happened.
But suddenly, as sudden as a light switch being tripped, I became aware of a full blown desire to sew myself a dress.
I used to sew my own clothes all the time. But it has been quite a long spell since I have done so. The price of fabric and patterns was taking the fun right out of it to tell you the truth. And frankly those conditions haven't changed much. But the desire arrived anyway. Go figure.
I got lucky while up in the northern woodlands and found six patterns at a second hand store for two dollars apiece. This helped along the whole project immensely. And they were older patterns from the 90's that I like better than what I'm seeing in the pattern books right now. Win, win!
So here is a picture of my fabric and my pattern. I'm making the one on the far right. Though I will be using another pattern to get a long sleeve instead of the short one.. I'm thinking... I'm debating.
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I admit to a certain trepidation. But I'm hoping all my old sewing skills are still intact. And I am not going to try to do it all at once like I used to. I would cut it all out on one day and sew it all up the next. Now? Now my strategy is to go for good sewing and low stress. If I start to get tense, I'm going to walk away until I am zen again.
Oh yeah, please note. Already there is a Sunny hair on my new fabric. Not one thing in our house escapes 'The Sunny Hairs'.
(Well, I wasn't going to say anything..... but...)
Oh sure. Like I believe THAT story.