I've been trying to save time with blogging in general, and thought it would save time setting up a formal photo-shoot to just have my husband take photos of me using the things I made.  

I also thought it would seem more personal having a look into our lives and to see the garments in use rather than modeled.

And I hate modeling and feel like such a dork.

 

Event: Husband's Graduation

Fabric: wanted to keep it less formal so I could wear it on more occasions so I avoided satin and went with light weight charcoal suiting

Pattern: Vogue 1162

Changes to Pattern: 

  -lost all the ruffle rose stuff on sleeves

  -chose not to line dress due to hot summer weather and time

  - skipped back vent and just closed seam with shorter hem line

  -drafted neckline to come in closer to center to cover bra straps

   -skipped the bra inserts

Experience: Pattern is easy to follow and has a flattering shape with the gathered side bodice.  It was a good learning experience to dabble a little in formal wear.  I started it two nights before the event and thus was sewing the hem and all the finish hand sewing crap in the car on the way to the graduation dinner. I had to cut the tail of the zipper at the babysitter's house when I dropped off my kids.  Tim Gunn would have been impressed I think, I barely made it work.

We love the piece of history in our home, the solid construction, and hidden hymn book holders on the back.

My husband suggested I shouldn't buy any more junk before the moved, but this was my last purchase,

 you just never know if you'll even find an 11 foot church pew for a good price.

 

Hello if anyone is still out there.

A lot has happened in our family the last few weeks and so the blog died but I'm going to try to revive it.

We sold our house we've lived in the last three years:

He'll still work a lot of hours as we're in a really rural town and he runs the Emergency Room 1/3 of the year,  in addition to his regular job, but it has to be better than what it's been!

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So it's been kind of crazy and stressful for me this year on the home front.

The last few months I've really struggled, and have been thinking back and forth about quitting blogging.

I guess it's amazing how easily three kids could kick my trash before 9am most days.

I wasn't creating much, and the time it took to photograph everything and blog about it seemed like wasting energy that should be going to my family.

So I haven't blogged in weeks, and haven't really done much with blogging it feels since Izzie was born.

I don't look at my blog as a business.
I don't try to make money off blog traffic or sponsors.

I tend to loathe anything creative that feels like a job, so to ensure I still enjoy blogging and in order to try to stay authentic to what it's about--I am a hobby blogger.

It's always been just sharing things I've made with the few PDF patterns on the side.

So being a hobby, I've thought about just ending the blog aspect in general.

Then all my free time could be just creating and making.

But I found during the break I miss the interaction I have with everyone here,
and the documentation and info on the projects for myself. 

 I look back to get details on a lot of projects if I make them again, or do something similar.

And I really do enjoy blogging in general.

So I'm going to try to make it work.

I've started feeling better physically as I quit nursing and am sleeping better with baby sleeeping through the night now.
I've also had some mild post-partum depression and the fog seems to be clearing.

Plus we live near family and my husband lives with us now and won't be working 80 hours a week so my life will definitely be easier.

So I'm going to try to keep blogging and am just going to try to change my approach to the posts.
There are times where the photography, editing, and writing of a post can take 3x as long as the actual making of the project.

That's where I'm going to try to change how I work.

We'll see how it goes, I was never stellar at the blogging side of things so the thought of me putting even less into my crappy blogging makes me wonder if it may be better in the end to just quit.

But we'll see.

If it's just the ideas you're interested in, that should still translate.

So thanks for all the support I've had with the blog these last 6 years and we'll see how the new approach goes.

Coming up I have:

-bench made from old church pew

-striped inverted pleat skirt

-formal charcoal dress

-girls swim suit

and more I'm working on.

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