Comments, dress, and home dec

Posted by Alexandra at Studio Alexandra

Comments
A big “thank you” to all of you who have commented or emailed with words of encouragement about the gray sheath. Even though it’s still in time-out, I’ve been thinking about it. It looks a lot less wrinkled in the back when I’m wearing it. Still, I’ll feel a lot better if I can cover up the wrinkles.

Dress
Nancy W. suggested an obi belt – it would be a complete departure from my usual style (safe and boring) but it would seriously up the ‘cool’ factor of the dress. I’d like that. Now to find an obi belt…

Karen made a great “make it work” suggestion to cut down the middle of the offending piece of organza with pinking shears. That would be much kinder than my idea of revenge: cutting the organza out along all seams. Yes, horrible, I know. But I have spent a lot of time on this dress and would really like to wear it at some point.

I’ll try the belt first. If that doesn’t solve the problem, then out come the pinking shears.

Home dec
Sounds like I’m not the only reluctant home dec sewist. Some people even loathe abhor home dec sewing. I actually made more curtains the next day – I had some of the green fabric left over and thought the bedroom could use a little sprucing up. Luckily, there’s only one window so two panels, and I was done.

For those who wanted to know about the curtain tracks, IKEA sells something similar.