A free day at home this past Saturday meant I could get a good start on the Procession Dress, which I think needs a new name (this one bores me), but that’s a different issue.  In any case, regardless of name, I managed to make my way through most of the bodice. Working on the darts and putting the bodice front pieces together.  The way the characters lost their heads in the top dart is a little strange but not […]

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While waiting on a zipper for my Queen Anne Dress, I decided to get started on my next project.  I’m calling this one the procession dress, named after the fabric.  The fabric, of course, came from Rifle Paper Company (the obsession is fierce people!) and their new Wonderland Collection.  It features all the characters of Wonderland in a procession… hence, the name. Today was all about planning and cutting. I’m using the same pattern as the Flamingo dress, however this time I’m […]

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In part four of the Queen Anne Dress, I tackle the skirt.  Above you see the skirt front, the oldest nice and pressed.  Only a fellow sewing nerd would understand the satisfaction of a nicely pressed pleat! And here’s the skirt front, done (aside from hemming) and awaiting the back. Attaching the pocket pieces.  Another dumb move on my part was not cutting four pocket pieces even though I’ve done this before and knew I needed to.  Being out of […]

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We had our second snow day of the school year the other day and other than continuing my marathon of eating leftover birthday party food, it was a cozy day at home.  I don’t know why I love sewing on a snow day.  I open the blinds and watch the snow fall while I work at the sewing machine. My first order of business was to cut the lining.  I didn’t really have a complimentary fabric to use so I […]

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Made some small progress on the dress today. Making the first stitches on the bodice front. Pinning together the bodice front and bodice side pieces. The bodice front done! Bodice back pieces done. Sewing the bodice back pieces to the bodice front.  The picture of them put together looks more or less like just the front so I didn’t take another one. I have yet to cut the lining fabric out for this dress, as I didn’t know what I […]

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The month since my last post has been a crazy whirlwind of activity to prepare for the school musical.  Said musical took place Thursday and Friday and was declared a big hit.  I’m already feeling the PSD (post-show depression).  It’s bad this year because we had such a good crop of talent, kids who genuinely enjoyed working with us and each other and it’s definitely sad to have it all said and done.  However, it also means that my time […]

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I worked on the dress a little bit recently and neglected to take pictures, so there may be some strange gaps between part one and two. With the show being only six weeks away, I wanted to finish as much of this as possible before going into crazy costume mode.  I’m happy to say the dress now has the basics down, and just needs a little finishing work! Pinning the skirt pieces together.  I love that this dress has pockets. […]

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With the flamingo shirtdress pretty much done and ready to wear out of the house (when it gets warmer!), it’s time to move on to my next project.  This one in particularly needs to get done soon, as I am hoping to wear it to the “premiere” of our musical in March and I know I’ll soon be sewing all costumes, all the time. I call this my “Pure Imagination” dress because our show is Willy Wonka, Jr.  I had […]

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I am almost done!  The only thing left is to finish up the buttonholes (I admit that I have never tried my buttonhole foot on my machine and didn’t want this project to be the first one I tried it on so I’m handsewing them), but I got the dress to the point that it could be on me. Today’s first project was hemming, which I didn’t take any pictures of.  For the first time in a couple days, my […]

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