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New Dress!

Hand Made

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100% Viscose

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Schrödinger's Sweaters & Other Disasters

Last night I started and ripped out 2 new projects. That’s ok, it was only about 3 hours of my time. I end up ripping out over half the projects I start - Most of them (like last night) are undone before too much of an initial investment. However, when I spend weeks on something that ends up  misshapen and/or ugly, I want to cry.

Most of the things I make will take me weeks (sometimes up to 8 or 9 weeks) to complete. And that does not include the time it took me to figure out what the heck I was trying to do.

Here is my latest disappointment:

A skirt that looks like unflavored oatmeal tastes.

It took me over a month and I had such big plans. I even sewed a lining thinking it might help. Clearly, it did not.

Another disaster:

This pattern just let me down - I wanted a pattern that looked like leaves. I got a pattern that looked like acne.

I managed to rehabilitate this one: BEFORE

I put this one in a time-out, and then reworked the bust to make a decent design.

AFTER:

Rarely do the time-outs work.

I have projects that have been abandoned for years, sitting in bags and boxes waiting to be unraveled or continued. I call these: Schrödinger's Sweaters. They are both a completed project and a ball of yarn simultaneously.

Every completed dress I make, every pattern I come up with, every original design represents months of failures. And those failures are totally worth it when a project works out.

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I made this for a friend - and even though I had her measurements it was still too big.😩😩😩 Hand Made, Original Design 100% Vegan Silk

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SCARF  SEASON!!!

I’ve actually been working on all kinds of small one or two day projects lately- scarves, shawls, capes, caplets, and flower broaches (as seen on this scarf). 

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I made about 4 or 5 of these dresses and gave them to friends. I only photographed these two (I really wish I had pictures of everything I’ve made!) The pink dress was made with mercerized cotton. The white dress was made with mulberry silk. The straps were made with grosgrain ribbon and were adjustable.

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Gathering Leaves Dress (Adapted from a pattern by Lily) 100% Cotton Most of the dresses I make come from random patterns I find. Usually those patterns are of tablecloths, doilies, or shawls. Adapting existing patterns is actually a lot easier than coming up with something original. All it takes is some very basic maths skills - if you can count, you can do this! Adapting a triangle shawl into a skirt is a great way to start playing with this concept. Normally in a triangle shawl the pattern repeats, with increases occurring at the corners and center. Simply count out the number of stitches for the pattern and multiply that so that it fits your waist. (I will sit on my couch counting out chains, then wrapping it around my waist to see if it fits!)   Begin your project working in rows, we want to be sure we can get that skirt on over our hips or bust! You may choose to use a button, snap, or drawstring closure for the skirt, so repeat the basic pattern at least once before joining to work in the round and begin. This opening at the waist gives us the extra room to wear the skirt. Increases should be evenly spaced, so you can divide your base chain by 4, 6, 8 or however many increases you want. Keep in mind that more increases results in a more flared skirt. And that’s pretty much it. Let me know if you try this, and what you think!

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New Dress! I tried playing with texture, making zig zags, stripes, and polka dots. The row repeats followed a prime number sequence. It took me about 50 days - 20 more than average for a dress. Whenever I make something I have a template I work off of, an existing design or pattern for a shawl or doily. While this dress was inspired by other designs, I can say that this is the first I made that is entirely my own design. 100% Vegan Silk Hand Made, Original Design

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100% Vegan Silk Hand Made, Original Design