No, this isn’t an announcement of retirement from sewing. But I had to say goodbye to a few me-mades (and a few more RTWs) to make room in my luggage for new fabrics from NYC.
I think I ended up with some 46+ yards of fabrics. And that’s after I gave up on a few more swatches collected but couldn’t locate again when I went back to the store! I could have squashed more into the suitcase, but I was already some 20+ kg over the weight limit. And that’s after ditching almost all of my outbound suitcase content. MR had to come to my rescue. So half of my purchases are currently in Dubai on a business trip. I think one is a lurid turquoise & peach snake-print lycra (from Spandex World). Very professional. Hope his boss will be impressed.
So here are the me-made lovelies that sadly I had to say bye bye to…
The Formerly No Toilet Dress
This was a self-drafted silk dress that I never blogged. I’m a bit sad to leaver her in NYC because I’m quite proud of her construction: The bodice underlining & interfacing made the top part look smart without undue stiffness in the skirt, & the whole thing is nicely fully lined.
But the pattern fit just wasn’t right. Initially I couldn’t even go to the loo without having to undress. (So that’s a No to jumsuits then.) I did managed to let out a teensy bit from the skirt SA below hip. (Let that be a lesson to you & mostly me: Too much pencils skirt tapering is only passable in a skirt, not a dress. At least not if you don’t like fussing in the toilet & making other ladies – and little ones – wait longer for a stall.) But it’s still a bit hard to sit in & I wear it in fear of wardrobe malfunction. So that’s bye bye wiggle dress.
The Mono-boob Drape Top
This was a wearable muslin originally for a Knit Top Block, then for Burdastyle 2013-02-113.
While the color looked good on film, I said goodbye to her with less tears because I was never fond of her mono-boob look. Maybe the neckline at CF is too high. Maybe it’s just the wrong detail for my boob shape. Maybe the CF rusching wasn’t dramatic enough.
Anyway, I only ever wore it on a can’t-be-bothered day, and only ever with this pair of RTW jeans which is too loose at the waist. So bye bye unibooby one hit wonder top.
The Reverse Prayer Pose Top
Another fitting experiment. This one tested FFRP’s tissue fitting and fit-as-you-sew approach on out-of-print V2686 by Tom and Linda Platt. She wasn’t entirely successful – the back still had that dreaded sway-back-ish drag lines.
But that’s not why I let this go. The real reason is that I’m not as flexible as before. The Reverse Prayer yoga pose needed to button this up at CB simply isn’t in my repertoire anymore. So bye bye contorter top.
That’s it for Me-Made Bye Byes. The rest were RTWs. I know where my loyalty lies 😉 All were donated for recycling at Union Square. I hope the me-mades eventually find a good loving home, as two of them are nice silk shantungs. Would be a real shame if they do a reverse Cinderella.
I’ll leave you with some LOL wacky lycras spotted in Spandex House that did not come home with me:
Hmmm, I think I like my food better in my mouth, and cute puppies better on YouTube! But you little ones, you go right ahead & have fun with these!
All nice things and I can see why you felt a little sad to leave them. But that chip lycra? Only in America!!
I love that your makes all had such great titles- if these are what you’d let go, we are in for a treat seeing what you’ll replace them with!
Yes, weekly captioning lessons from the Master is slowly rubbing off? 🙂 But the expectations oh what great expectations, maybe I should have kept my mouth shut!
Saying goodbye to old to make way for new is never a bad thing 🙂 Look forward to seeing what you make with all your new fabrics.
No pressure then! 😉 You might be waiting a long time! There’s a queue 20 years long…
I was laughing so hard reading this post! The things we do for new fabric, right? It’s so funny because I just got back from New York a few weeks ago and I swear I bought the exact same turquoise snakeskin fabric from Spandex world! http://anelisemadeit.blogspot.com/2014/09/shopping-in-new-yorkfor-fabric-of-course.html