Imcomplete Projects, It's What I Do

Whether my fault or just bad luck, I don't complete a good chunk of what I start. Most recently, I started a dress to wear to my brother's wedding. It was my first attempt at altering a pattern and *think* I did a pretty good job, but wouldn't know for sure because, big surprise, it didn't get finished. I made a muslin of the bodice and that turned out great, fit me well. Then I cut out all the pieces for the dress, 6 pieces for the bodice and 3 for the skirt. Got down to the 4th piece of the skirt and there was a HUGE flaw in the fabric. GAAH!!! I tried every way I could to fit the piece in the correct direction and miss the flaw or at least minimize it's impact on the length of the skirt, but it just wasn't doable.

Off I ran to the nearest Jo-Ann in hopes they still had the fabric. No luck. So then I go all the way across town to the next closest Jo-Ann, and they did have it, but a different dye lot so it didn't match mine. That would be the point where I gave up. With only days until the wedding, there was no way I could hunt down the fabric in a matching shade and have the dress made in time. Off to the mall I went. *sigh*

And as you may or may not be wondering, no, I didn't finish my dress form either. We moved and it got put on the back burner. Once I confirm that it is still my size, I will be assembling it. I almost posted the pictures of the actual form portion being created, but me wrapped in duct tape looks a heck of a lot like me, silver and naked, so I couldn't bring myself to do it. I may change my mind and post them once the project is completed and I post the rest of the pictures, I am totally covered after all, it's just a weird thing to see yourself like that.

So on my updated, short-term agenda, I will be finishing my dress form, but before that I will be doing a couple art smocks for Kai and his cousin Malia, just like the ones my mom made for me and my siblings when we were kids. These shouldn't be too difficult, just dress shirts with shortened/elasticized sleeves so the kiddos have something to wear for Art class at school. We have a deadline though, so I know they will get done. I'll post pictures when I'm done because while they won't be anything exciting, at least they'll be finished. :)

Until then...