sewing with silk is pretty nice
Jun. 30th, 2024 07:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chocolatepotI've been meaning to post for ages, but between many days of being on my feet at work and many evenings of working on Twelfth Night costuming, sewing my Pride Prom dress, and rewriting Mary Marchbanks I just have not had the time!
The sewing ended up being your typical right-up-until-the-event work, of course. I think I did a very good job on it, all in all, but the horizontal gathered darts on the bodice could probably be done lower for my larger bust (larger than the one in the illustration, I mean) - the proportion feels wrong, it kind of cuts my boobs in half and makes them look small. Or maybe I'm overly critical. Anyway, I do need to redo the buttons for a bit more ease at the top but it's pretty good and I'm not planning to wear it again until the annual fundraiser/gala at work.
Pride Prom was ... not entirely bad, I saw a couple of people I knew and got some praise for the dress and I think I looked pretty. But it was also super isolating because I'd kind of built up an idea that being in a queer space would Change Everything and maybe someone would ask me to dance etc etc etc and it didn't even remotely happen. (Yes, there were tears after I got home.) I'm thinking of getting involved as a volunteer with Otsego Pride Alliance to make more friends and be able to come to events without having to dive in and just hope I know anyone there.
Anyway, now that that's all done hopefully I can get on all of the things I've been letting slide - getting plane tickets and hotel reservations for next month, getting an electrician to prep the garage for a better car charger, scheduling patterning visits, etc. I'm considering trying to do a couple at the V&A, since I've been let down on a few options stateside.
The sewing ended up being your typical right-up-until-the-event work, of course. I think I did a very good job on it, all in all, but the horizontal gathered darts on the bodice could probably be done lower for my larger bust (larger than the one in the illustration, I mean) - the proportion feels wrong, it kind of cuts my boobs in half and makes them look small. Or maybe I'm overly critical. Anyway, I do need to redo the buttons for a bit more ease at the top but it's pretty good and I'm not planning to wear it again until the annual fundraiser/gala at work.
Pride Prom was ... not entirely bad, I saw a couple of people I knew and got some praise for the dress and I think I looked pretty. But it was also super isolating because I'd kind of built up an idea that being in a queer space would Change Everything and maybe someone would ask me to dance etc etc etc and it didn't even remotely happen. (Yes, there were tears after I got home.) I'm thinking of getting involved as a volunteer with Otsego Pride Alliance to make more friends and be able to come to events without having to dive in and just hope I know anyone there.
Anyway, now that that's all done hopefully I can get on all of the things I've been letting slide - getting plane tickets and hotel reservations for next month, getting an electrician to prep the garage for a better car charger, scheduling patterning visits, etc. I'm considering trying to do a couple at the V&A, since I've been let down on a few options stateside.
