Weihnachtskleid sew along – Sewing

Cat, I couldn’t agree more with you. Without the pressure of the creative challenge Christmas dress sew-along I would never finish my dress. But so the deadlines hang right next to my desk and ‘remind’ me that I really have to get to work with this beautiful dress. So here is the update on my Christmas dress:

I am not finished (hoho, not even close).

I am not nearly as far as you, Cat (Probekleid? Auftrennen? Einsetzen? Kragen? Oh, not yet sir)

BUT

I have finished all the annoying bits last night: buying all supplies, cutting, bordering all raw edges and so on. Which is a big thing, because once these things are done, I am enthusiastic about sewing and manage to finish the dress in a couple of hours. Or days?

When I read on the pattern it was easy, I thought: okay just a couple of hours.

Then I read through the instructions and counted the necessary steps (57!!!) and thought: oh no, days!

Then I counted the number of pieces, which need to be sewn together (8), and thought: hours!

Then I thought about the lining, which I need because the dress is mainly off-white and thought: days ;-(

Oh, well there is no point in further trying to do the maths. I just have to start. So without further blahblah and just a quick look over to your dresses, I am off to my sewing machine.  Keep your fingers crossed that I have something to show you next week ;-)