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I posted about overcoming inertia back on November 21. In that post, I promised myself – and
everyone else who might have been reading – that I would practice finishing
what I start. I pulled out the sewing
box that’s been sitting at the top of the closet in my husband’s office for 19
years and started at the top. Here’s how
I've done so far…
I have no idea what possessed me to make a sundress out of
red and white striped fabric. It can’t
have been a senior moment – this was nearly 30 years ago. I think maybe the inertia factor here was
some good old fashioned common sense.
There would have been no way I would ever have worn this dress. I plan to give it to Goodwill. I understand lots of people shop there for
Halloween costumes.
The baby dress I found in the box is baffling me. I found the body of the dress, with the
collar on and the zipper in. I found one
completed sleeve. I found another sleeve
that looked like someone took the scissors to it and absconded with the bottom
half. Gremlins? Could this be the reason I didn't finish the
dress? Thankfully the pattern offered an
option to make the dress sleeveless. It
turned out pretty cute. This one went to
the granddaughter of a dear friend.
She’s about 18 months, and the dress is a size 4, so we’ll have to blink
twice before it will fit her.
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I found a cut-out chair pad in the pattern we had at the old
house. (We moved 19 ½ years ago…) There was enough fabric there to turn it into a two toaster covers and two matching
oven mitts, which I’ll give to next year’s Breakfast with Santa.
The box also contains:
• A
brand-new pattern and the fabric to make a dress. Fabric looks OK. Dress is outdated. Maybe I’ll buy a new pattern after I finish
all this old stuff.
• Lots and
lots of scrap fabric. I asked one of my
friends if she knew any quilters, and quickly found a home for it.
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