The Sound of Music!

Finally got to see the costumes in action! 

It may be cold outside, but...

It's sunny, so I'm wearing a sundress!

Piecing, hemming, and gathering the bias for the bottom ruffle felt endless, but it's all done and I'm so happy. Just need the weather to cooperate. At least the frost warning was lifted...

Cutest dress ever?

A silly corner of my brain thinks all my problems will be solved if I can just find a cute enough dress. Could this be it? Femme-ier than usual for me but I am just in love with this fabric. The pattern is actually reminiscent of a jersey print I got from the Queen of Suburbia destash a couple of years ago. That one was a bit pinkier, flowers and splotches where this is cherries and polka dots. 

Started with laying out the pieces I drafted:

Bias cut so I can wriggle in (it's all ties, no zips or buttons) and the rectangles at the top are just to give me an idea if I have enough for a bottom ruffle (think I'm okay). It will be cut on the bias as well. All the scraps will be wrangled into ties and loops.

The top has just enough coverage and structure to go without underpinnings (I hope): 

The lower edge is curved to my ribcage, centre seam so the parts that need it are mainly straight grain, ruched to pull  it all together. I decided to cut an extra ruffle from scraps and finish with a bow:

Will this dress finally be the one cute enough to solve all of life's problems? Only time can tell...

I know I said...

I wasn't going to buy more fabric until I finished all the projects already started... but last week was difficult and my birthday so I got a couple of yards of this for a sundress:

Cherry polka dot poplin 

It makes me so happy! I am already planning summer picnics and secretly delighted that it has little black-on-white polka dots in addition to the cherries being red-polka-dot-adjacent, and the green leaves tie it together with the green of my bicycle and picnic blanket. Dorky? Yes. But I don't care!

Speaking of picnics, I am finally getting around to another project-in-waiting—a tote designed to fit my bicycle basket exactly, made from heavy twill leftover from the Helltaker costume. Which I realize now I never posted. Maybe I'll do that. Anyway I am hoping to be picnic-ready by the time the weather is nice for real!

Progress is indeed slow

This dress was hanging there untouched for three months! But is now done except for buttons!

Got set aside due to The Sound of Music and Astolfo. With all of that out of the way, I actually get to do things for myself again!