I made a dress!

McCall's M5893 size 18 (I'm a 16, but decided a 18-24 pattern would be more easily adapted than a 8-16 one)



It's not very flattering, instead of shortening the skirt and raising the neckline I should have shortened the whole bodice (and shortened the skirt. I had to do quite a bit of shortening :)) Bringing the shoulders in worked really well, I can't remember the last time I had a dress where the arm straps didn't fall off every five seconds. My plan to increase the size of the skirt turned out to be unnecessary: there was only one skirt width designed to work up to size 24, and in fact I think next time I'll make it narrower at the top so it doesn't bunch so much when gathered. Still, it's very comfy and wasn't too hard. And has pockets!

Adventures in L-Space

I love books. I love reading them, and I love being around them. As a kid and teenager I used to spend hours in libraries just for the happy being-around-books feeling, and so of course fell in love with unisfa and spent hours there too.

This afternoon, having finished my dress I put it on, and since I didn't have the energy for Plan A, going to Borders and Target (both of whom are having sales), I implemented Plan B, picking up a reserved book from the library.

The last time I went to the library I went the long way home since it has a shallower hill and discovered a new second hand bookshop which was, tragically, closed. So today I went the long way again and happily, it was open.
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