What is "sleep"...
Mar. 29th, 2021 08:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
totchipandaSemi-rough weekend. I had a low-grade anxiety attack on Saturday that manifested in unpleasant dreams about people making demands of my time and attention, and otherwise "abandoning" me. Last night's unpleasant dreams were different, but still upsetting. I woke up a lot, and would drop back into the same dream. Coffee is gonna get me through the day.
I finished a sewing project! I got into a pattern test so I had finished my mock-up last weekend and started on the "real deal" with my modifications. It is 100% DONE - all facings done, buttons on, buttonholes done by hand (no one look at them, they're not pretty lol), and I even put a hook and eye on. And then, I was about to get dressed up to model the finished look, and decided that I had waited LONG ENOUGH TYVM and put a hook and bar on the skirt too lol. I can't share a photo yet, but ooo let me tell you, I looked goooooood. Now on to pattern hacking!
While I was looking through a period sewing manual, reading about how to finish the edges of a shirtwaist, I found a reference to making a buttonhole in the collar for a removeable collar. My brain went !!! bc I hadn't noticed this detail. I went to catalogues and sure enough - removable collars! So now I am trying to decide on the best look for this particular shirtwaist, and the ones I have planned for this project, to make a collar. I have some voile scraps, even a bit of bias (which is how the edge should be finished according to a 1921 dressmaking manual), that would be really pretty.
I really ought to finish my sacque too, but I got a little hung up on the trimming. I was overcomplicating it by narrow hemming the bands when they will be covered by some kind of trim, so I could just turn them to the right side and let the edges BE FREEEEEE since they will be covered anyway. That's a good couch project.
I finished a sewing project! I got into a pattern test so I had finished my mock-up last weekend and started on the "real deal" with my modifications. It is 100% DONE - all facings done, buttons on, buttonholes done by hand (no one look at them, they're not pretty lol), and I even put a hook and eye on. And then, I was about to get dressed up to model the finished look, and decided that I had waited LONG ENOUGH TYVM and put a hook and bar on the skirt too lol. I can't share a photo yet, but ooo let me tell you, I looked goooooood. Now on to pattern hacking!
While I was looking through a period sewing manual, reading about how to finish the edges of a shirtwaist, I found a reference to making a buttonhole in the collar for a removeable collar. My brain went !!! bc I hadn't noticed this detail. I went to catalogues and sure enough - removable collars! So now I am trying to decide on the best look for this particular shirtwaist, and the ones I have planned for this project, to make a collar. I have some voile scraps, even a bit of bias (which is how the edge should be finished according to a 1921 dressmaking manual), that would be really pretty.
I really ought to finish my sacque too, but I got a little hung up on the trimming. I was overcomplicating it by narrow hemming the bands when they will be covered by some kind of trim, so I could just turn them to the right side and let the edges BE FREEEEEE since they will be covered anyway. That's a good couch project.
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Date: 2021-03-29 05:17 pm (UTC)Looking forward to seeing the pattern test! Sounds fantastic! The in-progress sewing also sounds like it's coming along well. Removable collar is clever.
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Date: 2021-03-31 01:07 pm (UTC)Detachable collars sounds interesting.
Boo to anxiety. Lack of good sleep really doesn't help. Hope it passes