The Dress Part II

The most difficult puzzle is not 1000 pieces. It's 7. Seven pieces of polka dot material. Needless to say it's not just hard, it's impossible. So here's my best shot.



Did I mention that the fabric frays as soon as you look at it? Check out my new sergering skills! (Please disregard my red fingers. Spent Friday evening dying fabric pink for table runners!)



Once all seven peices were sew together, they had to be sewn to the lining.



Here's what it looks like in the mirror. Haven't quite gotten to the zipper yet.



And here's what it looks like when I set up my automatic timer and run across the room for a picture!

The Dress Part I

After many months of doing nothing but staring at the fabric, we finally begin construction of the dress. Special thanks to Vickie and Cindy for teaching me their serger techniques. (And shame on Kenmore for making an instructional DVD without instructions instead of a printed manual with diagrams. No matter how many times I watch the DVD, it still doesn't tell me how to remove the damn stitch finger. In fact, it doesn't even mention the stitch finger. Don't worry Kenmore, Singer came through where you fell seriously short).


Here I'm playing around with how the bustle might look.

C is for Chirp & Cain

How many place sets does one register for? I would think 8, cause 6 is just too few and 10 seems like a lot. But at an average of $100 per setting….

Fine china is just too fabulous to only make an appearance on holidays and special occasions. And don’t get me started on those stupid china display cabinets, so you can forget me showcasing the china there. If I’m going to pay $800 bucks for china, you can be damn sure I’m gonna use it everyday that I can.

Plus, it makes me happy. And if eating pizza off of fine china makes me happy, then that’s what I’m gonna do.

Steve and I love Chirp by Lennox. No, it’s not white, and it doesn’t have a platinum band around the rim, and it may not fit into the look of every special occasion. But everytime I look at them, I image using them for pizza and parties and well, just about everything, really. And then I imagine them sitting in the dishwasher with the other dishes cause we’re too lazy to put it all away, and I think, they just belong with us.

Then I look at these monogrammed plates from Potterybarn, and they belong with us too. Along with their coordinating army of serving dishes and cereal bowls. And between the two pair, we should have just about everything covered.