{"id":102,"date":"2011-01-25T11:54:56","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T16:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/wordpress\/?p=102"},"modified":"2011-01-25T11:54:56","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T16:54:56","slug":"sewing-we-meet-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/?p=102","title":{"rendered":"Sewing. We meet again."},"content":{"rendered":"

Emily from over here at The Family Trunk Project (link<\/a>)\u00a0is ruining my life.<\/p>\n

I too would like to make sweet, fluttery spring dresses perfect for eating ice cream on the Pont Neuf with a handsome gentleman with rolled-up shirtsleeves and a wicked smile. \u00a0And while I have the gentleman (who has the shirtsleeves and the smile), ice cream is readily available, and could even obtain the passage to Paris with a considerable strain on my credit; I do not have the dress. \u00a0Nor do I really have the chops to create such a confection of silk and air.<\/p>\n

But oh, how I wish I did.<\/p>\n

My Nanny Jo insisted in my girlhood that my cousin and I attend several years of “sewing camp,” which we nicknamed “the sweatshop.” It was a week of rising early and spending all day in the back rooms of a fabric store in downtown Louisville, making quilt tops, scrunchies, beanbag animals, and whatever else the instructors could think to inflict upon us. \u00a0We even made, at one point, a skirt with an elastic waistband. \u00a0That was probably the last garment I sewed for myself until a few articles of reclaimed t-shirt clothing in the past few years.<\/p>\n

Now Nanny Jo is a virtuoso. \u00a0She can make anything, and frequently does (link to the pattern she used for her Halloween costume<\/a>). \u00a0I think I have inherited a little of her DIY nature, but most of it seems to be non-sewing-centric. \u00a0I suck<\/em> at following patterns. \u00a0I suck at sizing. \u00a0There are even some basic sewing concepts at which I suck. \u00a0So I don’t think making Vogue 2784 is within the realm of possibility for me.<\/p>\n

Right now, anyway.<\/p>\n

I think I’m going to try another something for 2011. \u00a0I’m going to try to work on my sewing skills. \u00a0I have a perfectly serviceable Singer machine that I barely use, and lots of projects that could get done around my home. \u00a0There are curtains that need making, throw pillows that would be welcomed, and I’d even like to try my hand at making a set of bed linens. \u00a0And eventually, I’d like to work my way into garments. \u00a0I have a nice pattern for a simple-ish A-line skirt, out of which I would certainly get a lot of wear. \u00a0From there, perhaps more complicated skirts, and even a dress?<\/p>\n

The dress? \u00a0Perhaps by this time next year, I will have all the necessaries to bring my springtime in Paris fantasy into reality.<\/p>\n

Le sigh. \u00a0Maybe.<\/p>\n

So Lis, come home and advise me. \u00a0I think a trip to IKEA for home decor fabrics is in my future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Emily from over here at The Family Trunk Project (link)\u00a0is ruining my life. I too would like to make sweet, fluttery spring dresses perfect for eating ice cream on the Pont Neuf with a handsome gentleman with rolled-up shirtsleeves and a wicked smile. \u00a0And while I have the gentleman (who has the shirtsleeves and the smile), ice cream is readily available, and could even obtain the passage to Paris with.. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/missaudrey.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}