dance dresses, the end is near

[elizabeth_mn]

I did the last set of fittings for the dance dresses last night at practice, so now I need to spend the rest of the week doing minor fitting alterations, hemming them all, adding buttons and loops, and applying cord in little celtic knot patterns at the closures.

Basically, all the real work of the project.

I think if I can make it a goal to get all of them (10) hemmed today, I won't feel too crazy-overwhelmed about the cord applique part.  They're just getting simple machine topstitched hems, so I don't think it's too unreasonable a goal.  I just need to ignore that little discouraging voice that reminds me that they all look a little different, and that the hems of the underdresses are all wonky and these will make it more noticable, and that there are any number of wierd things wrong with them.

I need to focus on the voice that says "just do this, don't think about it too much, and then you will be done, and you'll get paid, and you'll be free to sew something more fun!"

Since we have a performance in two weeks, we added an extra hour onto our practice last night.  I think it helped, but after dancing for 3 hours I feel pretty wrecked today.  Ceili dance can be pretty intense.