I made the dress. Almost. It's about 80% done, and I am not going to finish it. In fact, I'm probably just gonna throw it away. It turns out that I'm not fond of working with rayon, but I had to learn that the hard way ('cause is there any other way to learn?). When I prewashed the fabric, the dye bled, which made everything streaky and gross. I tell myself, "That's okay, just make the pattern and see if it comes out right, then get some nicer fabric for version 2." When I bought the fabric, I didn't think of how difficult it would be to sew with. The fabric is extremely slippery and is prone to stretching, so I wasn't able to cut the pattern out to the exact size, so the front half ended up being 3 inches wider than the back, and the length was wrong too. And then I couldn't figure out the tension of the sewing machine to get even stitches. FAIL.
I don't even want to keep the remnants since making anything with it is gonna be unpleasant, but I've already promised Yoshi that I'd use it to make her a little blanket for her stuffed animals and dolls. But at least it doesn't really matter if it looks more trapezoidal than rectangular.
1 comments:
I think you are awesome for getting out of this stitch-uation (get it? ha!) with your sanity.
I question your thought process only for promising your child anything other than "no pain no gain." or "life IS a lesson" or "mommy will always love you unless you eat her ice cream."
Well, I think this calls for a whole new project for you. I can't wait to see what you get up to next!
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