![]() I got through 2 seasons of GBBO and then had to start over. ![]() Even for the tiny little bodice, I spent hours measuring seam allowances and snipping threads and replacing broken needles and re-securing the loose beads after the fact! (Seriously. ![]() When you're working with lace, you have to cut all of the beads out of the seam allowance before sewing it to eliminate bulk and to avoid breaking your needles. Part of the band with the seam allowance stripped. To the point that I almost had to decide between finishing the hem and catching my plane back to Boston. and then, of course, it took the entire rest of the week to make the actual dress. I forgot to wear a crazy hat, so I added one in retroactively. It took me less than two hours to whip up a muslin. A new shirt for spring, a tasteful matching bolero, another not-so-tasteful pair of crazy pants. Even before I got started, my imagination was filled with visions of everything I could make with my remaining fraction of a week after I whipped up my dress. Notice the actually construction of the dress is pretty simple-just a princess seam with a bodice and a belt.
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