...except that I don't actually have anything to show you! I totally thought that since this was a dress with no waist seam (and it was even labeled "Very Easy Vogue"), it would be a piece of cake to sew up, especially since I decided against lining it. But oh, silly rabbit, sheath dresses are for kids who take the time to fit, or else it will just look like a sack! So my grand plans of finishing it yesterday were trashed, and I spent a good several hours trying to get the dress to fit tightly enough to show that I'm a woman, but loose enough to not raise the hackles of admin at my school show that I'm still a lady? At any rate, two episodes of BBC's Sherlock later, it was past midnight and I finally got the fit right, but the armscyes still needed to be finished and the dress hemmed. I threw it onto the ironing board and went to sleep...where I consequently dreamed that Sherlock's latest case was to help me figure out the mysterious problem of the butt wrinkles on the back of my sheath dress. Well, I'm not going to say no to Benedict Cumberbatch showing up in my dreams to help with fit issues!
All this to say, I've got nothing to show for the beginning of March stashbusting, but I hope to soon. In the meantime, submission has ended for February's contest, and it's time for you all to vote for your favorite stashbusting-for-loved-ones project! Go check out the projects in the link party and cast your vote by clicking on the starred link under your favorite project. You can only vote once, so choose carefully! Voting closes on March 6th, and then Emily and I will choose a winner from the top five vote-gatherers.
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| See that little starred "vote" link at the bottom? That's what you'll click on. Also, note that you can't vote for your own project! |
While I work on finishing up my dress, allow me to peer into your subconscious and ask: what's the wackiest sewing-related dream you've ever had?
oh, goodness. Nothing about sewing is surfacing in my dream memories. I know I've had some sewing dreams and they were weird - because all my dreams are really weird. (I once dreamed that my family house was roach infested and we bombed it. Literally. Dreamed we stood on the front lawn watching the mushroom cloud explosion, lol!).
ReplyDeleteI do have lots of work related on-set dreams, especially when it's been a while since I've worked on set. And during my last sewing job, I swear I was sewing while sleeping because I don't remember doing some of it. I would sew one shoulder tuck and TWO would magically be finished! I did that at least 3 times!
Your dream sounds fun!
~ Brooke
Oh my, that sounds a little scary, like how one can be driving and suddenly end up at home mysteriously...but significantly less dangerous (and more productive?). But man, that's a weird dream!
DeleteBenedict Cumberbatch!! Nice dream, and a great show!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see the dress!
I wouldn't say no to more fitting issues if it meant he'd show up in my dreams more often ;)
DeleteOOh I'm in love with that jacket! I'm sure that dress will look lovely on you when it is done.
ReplyDeleteOnce I dreamed I had all these beautiful dresses hanging in my closet from the most gorgeous fabrics. When I woke up they weren't there.
I've also dreamed I found amazing fabrics for my Etsy store only to wake up and realize I haven't gone Etsy shopping in weeks! (I sell vintage fabrics so most of what I get is from thrift shops or antique stores.)
That's funny, I didn't even think about the jacket, I was so busy looking at the sheath dress!
DeleteI hate dreams like that! Happens to me too, those fake fabric-shopping dreams!
The line drawing for the Vogue dress is "divine, darling" (as I guess they would say back in them days...) I can't wait to see it (and then maybe be a copywalnut...!)
ReplyDeleteOh and Mr Cumberbatch can visit my dreams anytime. Please?
Hahahah a copywalnut!!
Deletehahaha! sherlock helping with fitting issues... love it! funny, i was re-watching episodes over the weekend also. hope the dress comes out, i love a good plaid sheath!
ReplyDeleteI love re-watching that show, since the dialogue is so good! And yes, plaid sheaths are so practical!
DeleteLove that dress, I'm sure it will look lovely.
ReplyDeleteLast year I was sewing up tissue holders for my sisters wedding (an endless amount...or so it felt) and I had a dream that I had to sew her wedding dress too. In reality her dress was fantastic...and something that I could not create even in my wildest dreams.
Yikes, tissue holders en masse...although I guess being a couture wedding dress maker in one's dreams is a pretty fantastic feeling!
DeleteNot a sewing dream, but a Sherlock Holmes dream: I'd gone to bed after watching the episode of Elementary where Holmes is teaching Lucy Liu how to be a better detective/defend herself by randomly throwing things at her. That night I dreamed he'd kidnapped and drugged a friend to help me figure out what medical advice I would give to keep the drug effects from killing her. I decided that cooling down her body drastically would keep the drug from being metabolized [???] and he congratulated me. ._.
ReplyDeleteOooh, I need to watch me some Elementary. And theoretically cooling one's body would slow metabolism...I mean they do that for SCI and stroke victims, right?
DeleteI actually like brown plaid for spring! It's a soft neutral that goes well with floral, spring-like fabrics. Looking forward to seeing your dress!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I've never had a good sewing dream. Sometimes when I'm in the midst of major pattern alterations or drafting, or something else complicated, I will just dream the procedures over and over. They're not always accurate, and can get bizarre. I usually wake up feeling like I've hardly rested at all :/
Hmm, I hadn't thought about plaid that way! I guess since this dress is sleeveless is works for spring too.
DeleteI've totally had the same experience, but usually with grading test papers :\
The night before I wore my flame dress to my dance ball I dreamed I had red sequinned knickers to flash while dancing and I've been wanting to make red sequinned knickers ever since.
ReplyDeleteRed sequins, how fantastic and totally appropriate for your flame dress! You should totally do it!
DeleteI dreamt a while ago that I met Busy Lizzie (http://busylizzieinbrizzy.blogspot.se/)whom I've never met. This might not sound so crazy, but it is since I live in Sweden and she in Australia. I also had a dream about bumping into Lauren of Lladybird and she taking me fabric shopping. I guess I read too many sewing blogs in the evenings sometimes... :)
ReplyDeleteHahaha that's great! I've dreamed about meeting Tanit-Isis, so you're not alone in dreaming about sewing bloggers!
DeleteMan, I've never had a sewing dream! That doesn't seem right at all!
ReplyDeleteThat's one way to look at it...I think it means that you're not unhealthily obsessed ;)
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