Tuesday 3 January 2017

Year-end Wrap Up. Sort of.

Note to Self: Stop procrastinating.

Briefly: Earlier this year last year I decided I would try to remake some of the clothes I liked but just didn't work the way I preferred. Some of the changes were minor so I don't know why it too so long to do them.


This dress, for starters. All I had to do was shorten the hem about three inches.


For this dress I just had to lower the bust darts by a couple of inches (from the bottom of the [clear] ruler to the pen) and now I have much needed breathing space.

I tightened up the fit of this sweater.


I'm in the process of changing this dress into a top. I cut the sleeve facings for the new top, plus the pockets for the following skirt from the soon-to-be detactched skirt portion

This picture is only included because it now, with the cut-outs,  looks like some kind of designer frock.

I fixed the black trousers, but all that entailed was removing the icky lining and pulling out the elastic from the back then taking the back in by about four inches. They are so much nicer to wear now.

I worked on a fixing a few other things, but they still require some tweaking.


I made one new thing this year (other than my cast and walking boot covers, but that may, or may not be, another post).

I've been wanting to make the suffragette day skirt for awhile now and I finished it in September. I thought I had taken a picture of me in it, but I can't find it, so here it is now in it un-ironed glory

The only picture I do have is the one I took to see if my slip is showing (and a  frightening view into the workings of my mind).

I really like the skirt tho' I feel rather like I am wearing a traffic cone, given its bright colour, but I am fine with that. The more visible I am on my bike, the more I like it.

I have no hard-and-fast plans for this coming year. I"m must going to take it as it comes. I may accomplish more that way.

Happy New Year Everyone!



10 comments:

  1. Hi Sox, I don't know why it takes longer to alter stuff than to make it but I find that it does too. Maybe we associate it with completion in our minds, which then resist as they think they are done? I think that I do that anyway. :) That is a lovely dress pattern and dresses. Definitely, a very clear colour choice appearing in your photos. I love your Suffragette skirt. It is a glorious shape and colour. Xx

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    1. Busted -I do like orange.
      I find with fixing things I have to think a lot harder than I do if I am just making things from scratch.
      I am pleased with how the skirt turned out. That is one thing I know I'll make again.

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  2. I find New Year's resolutions/plans sp overrated. Just as you say...you might make more stuff with less pressure!

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    1. Exactly. This is a hobby; it shouldn't cause stress.

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  3. I always have a pile of 'to be altered'. When I do some I always feel terribly self-righteous, whereas in reality all it takes is 5 minutes. Makes no sense at all! Happy New Year!

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    1. My sister used to write a to-do list and often include things she had already done just so she could cross them off. Maybe I should keep score; then I would keep some easy fixes just to up my stats.

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  4. Wow, this conversationwas motivational. I just mended four pairs of little boy trousers. Thank you! (And yes, it doesn't take so long and I feel so much better afterwards!)

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    1. Well, I'm happy this was motivational. I must say, I've never been told a conversation with me was motivational. Usually I'm just demonstrated as a warning to others.
      Thank you.

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  5. Mending and altering always waits, then I do it and wonder why I took so long? Then I start another pile....
    I need to hit the pile again, but I also need to draft a new undie pattern, guess which one will happen first?

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  6. Isn't that funny. We always go for the most 'glamorous' of chores. I used to get the most housework done when I was trying to avoid writing a paper for school.

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