For a while I got away from sewing. I had some bad experiences. That horrible mu mu from that cute little Vogue pattern I loved. The enormous amount of time I spent on the"Walk Away Dresses" (B4790) only to lose 45 pounds before I could finish the third one and wear the first two more than once.
The other dilemma that began to face me is I found that I didn't like it when someone said, "Did you make that?" When I sewed that awesomely cute sack-type 90s dress with the farm animals on it and wore it everywhere I went. People would make a comment such as "What a cute dress." I could wait for the other shoe to drop and discovered that as proud as I was of my creation and as often as I loved to wear it, I didn't like how others would ask:
"Did you make that?"
I've decided I want to start sewing again, but I want to sew like a big girl. I want to sew with beautiful fabrics that don't include farm animals, toasters, or treble clefs. I want to fight that urge to add my "spin" on something that Vogue thought was good enough just the way it is.
For my tip of the day, for your take away:
Pay attention to the dress and what the designer was trying to accomplish. There's a reason why they are a designer and you are not. There's a reason why view A has longer sleeves and no ruffles while view B includes a ruffle and no sleeves. Why only View C is above the knee. It's about balance, proportion, and the purpose of the item. Choose appropriate fabrics. Unless you're an elementary school teacher or a TV character on Saturday morning. Those really busy cotton fabrics on the "quilting" wall are best left to quilting.
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