Soooo. I ended up closing my Etsy shop. I have to say I am relieved. I was constantly checking my stats and even started dropping the price just so I could make little dresses. Every dress I looked at, I thought of in terms of money. It was taking over my life. It felt like work. My devotion to it was even starting to come between my Husband and I. So it is gone and I feel free. I actually felt instantly free - which was just fantastic - I never realised how much it was weighing me down.
Yes I feel free to make what I want for me and my girls, but now I just don't feel the urge. How funny is that. Something I loved so much and now I just can't bring myself to make anything.
I attempted to make Simplicity 1381. Miss 5 picked the fabric and I traced out the pattern and cut out the fabric... and that's as far as I got. It's still sitting on my shelf. All it needs is to be sewn together and I can't bring myself to do it.
I decided to try and get my mojo (sew-jo?) back by making a couple of old faithfuls.
I added lace trims and made them look pretty and everything. But I'm not happy with them - the owl dress is a size too big, the pink is also too big and I cut the dress too short, and I cut the dress too narrow on the gray birds as well as putting the bow too far under the arm. Please ignore that they need ironing. I am very anti iron and only pull it out a couple of times a year. If you fold as soon as you pull it off the line, then there is no need to iron. I just left these in the washing machine too long and there was no wind to straighten the creases. Oh well.
I love making the Simplicity 2377. It is a very easy little dress to make. It looks great, my kids like it and can step into it themselves. They wear it to Church, they wear it to the playground. They wear it everywhere and they look great. My Mother has now told me to start making something else. Hmmm something else... I don't really want to make something else, but my Mother has said that to me a few times now and it has started to "taint" my beloved Simplicity 2377.
I know I need to try something else, but this dress is just so great for my girls and my girls actually like them.
I think I need to stop trying to live up to the expectations of others and just live up to my expectations. I know that Simplicity 2377 is the perfect design for my growing and active girls - it completely passes the everyday play test AND THEY WANT TO WEAR IT!
It feels like a load off my shoulders just typing that lol
I should update you about my Husband. That sore on his neck was just a spider bite (and thank the Lord because the Doctor did mention the "C" word).
I also did end up making a Snow White dress. It looks super cute on! I am surprised at how cute it is.
I also went to a Grease themed fancy dress party. I went as a Cheerleader.
I really hate pics of myself, I never look the way I imagine in my head! I made the pom poms myself from scraps and the skirt was Kwik Sew K3851 from top poplin in my stash. It was for a friend I met through Mother's Group - so I was not part of every other woman who was dressed as a Pink Lady in their matching pink jackets that they all bought together. No, I'm not upset about that at all lol. It was still a good night.
I'm going to try and finish the Simplicity 1381 now, or maybe even make Miss 3 a Yellow Wiggle dress (from S2377 of course!). Ahh the choice is endless 😃
Yes I feel free to make what I want for me and my girls, but now I just don't feel the urge. How funny is that. Something I loved so much and now I just can't bring myself to make anything.
I attempted to make Simplicity 1381. Miss 5 picked the fabric and I traced out the pattern and cut out the fabric... and that's as far as I got. It's still sitting on my shelf. All it needs is to be sewn together and I can't bring myself to do it.
I decided to try and get my mojo (sew-jo?) back by making a couple of old faithfuls.
I added lace trims and made them look pretty and everything. But I'm not happy with them - the owl dress is a size too big, the pink is also too big and I cut the dress too short, and I cut the dress too narrow on the gray birds as well as putting the bow too far under the arm. Please ignore that they need ironing. I am very anti iron and only pull it out a couple of times a year. If you fold as soon as you pull it off the line, then there is no need to iron. I just left these in the washing machine too long and there was no wind to straighten the creases. Oh well.
I love making the Simplicity 2377. It is a very easy little dress to make. It looks great, my kids like it and can step into it themselves. They wear it to Church, they wear it to the playground. They wear it everywhere and they look great. My Mother has now told me to start making something else. Hmmm something else... I don't really want to make something else, but my Mother has said that to me a few times now and it has started to "taint" my beloved Simplicity 2377.
I know I need to try something else, but this dress is just so great for my girls and my girls actually like them.
I think I need to stop trying to live up to the expectations of others and just live up to my expectations. I know that Simplicity 2377 is the perfect design for my growing and active girls - it completely passes the everyday play test AND THEY WANT TO WEAR IT!
It feels like a load off my shoulders just typing that lol
I should update you about my Husband. That sore on his neck was just a spider bite (and thank the Lord because the Doctor did mention the "C" word).
I also did end up making a Snow White dress. It looks super cute on! I am surprised at how cute it is.
I also went to a Grease themed fancy dress party. I went as a Cheerleader.
I really hate pics of myself, I never look the way I imagine in my head! I made the pom poms myself from scraps and the skirt was Kwik Sew K3851 from top poplin in my stash. It was for a friend I met through Mother's Group - so I was not part of every other woman who was dressed as a Pink Lady in their matching pink jackets that they all bought together. No, I'm not upset about that at all lol. It was still a good night.
I'm going to try and finish the Simplicity 1381 now, or maybe even make Miss 3 a Yellow Wiggle dress (from S2377 of course!). Ahh the choice is endless 😃
