#I am convinced this ridiculous excursion into replacing the center front is going to be 100% worth it in the end | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

sheliesshattered · 1 month ago

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sewing the first ~5' long over-bust seam to attach the new center front panel to the existing dress: smooth, stress-free, perfect result, required a mildly obnoxious number of pins but otherwise a dream

re-sewing the ~1/2" I accidentally unpicked between one of the center back panels and a side back panel: I have given up after trying to sew it no less than five times, after the fabric managed to misbehave in at least five completely different ways

#ugh #my sewing #velvet Yule dress #I will sew that half inch by hand if I fucking have to #I wouldn't want to do the entire ~yard long seam between the panels by hand but an inch or two is easy #I may end up re-sewing the shoulders by hand just because they were also a giant pain in the ass with the former center front panel #I would really love to get the other long seam sewn tonight #if for no other reason than to keep Jack from looking at me like I'm crazy when I tell him what I did while he was out of the house today #but there is a long and noble tradition in my family whose shorthand is 'step away from the quilt'#which is to say: 'you are too tired and too annoyed to keep trying to manipulate fabric into a finished object. take a fucking break.'#I am tired and I need food before I even attempt to pin the next section #much less try to put that half inch through the machine for a sixth fucking time omfg #I am convinced this ridiculous excursion into replacing the center front is going to be 100% worth it in the end #even just holding it up to myself with only one seam done it already seems to fit better #but ugh sewing is exhausting for this spoonie #spoonie life #tagtalking

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