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Monday Report
Apr. 2nd, 2012 04:18 pmBack to the job hunt - which today really just meant e-mailing all the places I sent resumes last week asking "did you receive my application, nudge nudge?" I also called the pharmacy to refill green_trilobite's prescriptions.
Meanwhile, I guess I'm still on a craft kick - I've started making the walkaway dress from the print fabric that made such a lousy tablecloth yesterday. So far, so good - I've cut out the pieces, following this advice and redrawing the front closure into a V-shape. I've sewn the pieces together and it looks like the fit will be good. I've made several yards of bias tape from the leftover fabric, using this tutorial. I've discovered that making bias tape is really labour-intensive, but the one thing I've never liked about the original design is the contrasting bias tape on the edges, so I have to make my own from matching fabric.
I'll probably wait till tomorrow to sew on all that tape, but I'm feeling pretty good about the project.
Off to buy cat food now.
ETA - Got impatient and sewed on all the bias tape this evening, while green_trilobite watched Jackie Brown. Tomorrow I need to fix a couple of mistakes (button loops in the wrong places) and sew on some buttons.
So basically this dress can be made in slightly more time than it takes to run Popeye (the live-action feature), Daredevil (director's cut, the one where the plot makes sense) and Jackie Brown.
Meanwhile, I guess I'm still on a craft kick - I've started making the walkaway dress from the print fabric that made such a lousy tablecloth yesterday. So far, so good - I've cut out the pieces, following this advice and redrawing the front closure into a V-shape. I've sewn the pieces together and it looks like the fit will be good. I've made several yards of bias tape from the leftover fabric, using this tutorial. I've discovered that making bias tape is really labour-intensive, but the one thing I've never liked about the original design is the contrasting bias tape on the edges, so I have to make my own from matching fabric.
I'll probably wait till tomorrow to sew on all that tape, but I'm feeling pretty good about the project.
Off to buy cat food now.
ETA - Got impatient and sewed on all the bias tape this evening, while green_trilobite watched Jackie Brown. Tomorrow I need to fix a couple of mistakes (button loops in the wrong places) and sew on some buttons.
So basically this dress can be made in slightly more time than it takes to run Popeye (the live-action feature), Daredevil (director's cut, the one where the plot makes sense) and Jackie Brown.
