Before I started my dress I tried my hand at simple home decor. Draperies to be specific. Draperies for the window that my sewing table faces. I figure this is the best window to do first because it's the one that stares at me the most.
Nothing fancy (it's actually muslin). Just enough to feel a little more put together. I have been looking for the perfect fabric to do something for this window but I haven't quite found it. The colors I want to use in this room are blue, green, and brown. It's strange. Now that I finished this micro-project, I keep walking around the house looking at all of the curtains that I can upgrade. This is going to turn into an expensive hobby.
Back to my dress. I'm putting together Butterick 5322 (the boat neck version). The pattern looks simple enough, until I got to pinning the bodice. Pinning around the bust area was tricky!! I need to figure out the trick with that because it shouldn't have taken me so long. I have a fabric already picked out for this but I want to get the technique down before I start cutting into it. It wouldn't be difficult to replace if I do ruin it though. Sage green broadcloth cotton:
I also need to figure out how to stay focused instead of jumping between projects!! In my defense, it's quite challenging to do when I have all this pretty fabric laying around and adorable patterns waiting to be taken out of their envelopes. I'm going to have an epic UFO (un-finished objects) box...
I'm thinking of entering my first patternreview.com contest: the mini-wardrobe contest. Originally I thought it was to make a wardrobe of mini clothes (Lily the chihuahua has an extensive wardrobe just begging for additions). The rules actually are to make 4 articles of clothing and use only those pieces to make 4 outfits. Sounds like fun! Maybe that will keep me remotely focused after (if) I finish my costume.
