roxanne's dress

Roxanne got inspired by a picture in a catalog, and she wanted a dress. She had some fabric that she loved, and we went to the store, and she picked out some other to go with it. The dress has a kind of modified halter bodice, which we modified for modesty, and kept the elements that provided shape. We got the bodice constructed today, except for the zipper. The one she had wasn't long enough, we decided. Then, as we were adding tiers of gathered fabric for the skirt, we discovered that we had gotten the top two tiers in the wrong order. And of course, by then the tier that we had first was firmly ensconced in the waistband, not to be ripped apart... at least not by either of us. Well, we decided that the tier that should have been there could benefit from more fabric, which would then give allow it to be gathered to the tier that will now be above it, and that would be better anyway. So there.

One of the things that I love about sewing with Roxanne, is that we are not afraid, nor devastated by our mistakes. We decided when we started that if something didn't come out right, we would not be upset (disappointed maybe if we couldn't fix it to our liking, but... ). Instead we have used our creativity to try and figure out fixes for things, and then if we just don't like what was created, we donate it, if its wearable, and move on. That gives us some creative license that we might not have allowed ourselves otherwise. Giving ourselves permission to make mistakes, and move on also gives us the freedom to really create and innovate. It also lets us make the mistakes and learn from them. Just like we're learning from making this dress. (well, yeah, and a few other things too) Still I think it was a cosmic plan, since I forgot to take my camera and couldn't have taken a picture of the finished dress, anyway. So, we couldn't finish it.

Yeah, that's my story and I'm sticking to it...