Hmmph

[elizabeth_mn]

My Little House dress would be done right now, if I hadn't made a bunch of stupid mistakes.

When I tried it on the other day, there was an annoying wrinkle at the shoulder which wouldn't go away no matter how much I prodded at it. Reluctantly I ripped off the collar and brought the neckline down slightly. Perfectly smooth! But then I had to redraft the collar and cut and sew a new one. Which took an entire afternoon.

Then I couldn't get the back point to lay flat, it was rippling because it was too full at the lower edge. So I took it in, and then the seams no longer lined up. So I trimmed the edge, tried it on, still too full, repeat repeat. By the time I made it happy, the point was so short! Like half the original length.

So, the problems are fixed, but I lost some time. Now just buttons and buttonholes (totally by machine!) and about 6 inches of facing to tack down. And then figuring out what to prioritize next.

Comments

[jenthompson.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I can commiserate. I had the sleeves in, then took them out... then in then out, then in, then out. One side had more gathers at the sleevehead that the other and it was making me crazy, so I kept trimming down and double checking both sides, and now they are in and look decent, but the sleeves are too short from all of my trimming, so I need to add a band at the wrist to make them longer. *ugh*

So I won't get finished today after all. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Perfectionist high five!

[ashamanja-babu.livejournal.com]

I probably shouldn't high five, but I will. ;)

I really could have ignored the neck wrinkle and just lived with it, but I am getting tired of settling for good enough in my sewing. It took extra time but it looks so much better.

I bet your sleeves look great now, and the band will be a totally intentional design detail!