I can’t believe that I actually hated going to Hancocks today.  I went to make the muslin for Violet Crown but realized that I didn’t have fabrics that would work.  BAH!  Rich convinced me that it was for the best to just go buy some bargain table fabric that would be the right weight & hand.  I will admit to just buying the whole bolt of the pretend-dupioni even thought it was more than I need for just one muslin.  I’m slightly concerned that I might need to make up more than one or at least remake parts until I get it just right.

I find myself wanting to approach my show pieces with the attitude of:

1. practice new techniques first

2. only break one rule at a time

3. always make a full muslin

4. take my time and do it right, even if that means picking out stitches or redoing something 10 times

5. use traditional couture techniques

As I learned from my latest custom clothing piece, we learn a lot from making something once.  I want to keep that in mind as I work on this and other projects.  I guess it’s like writing.  I had a rhetoric professor who said that no good piece of writing goes through less than five drafts.  Whether it’s five or not, he has a good point and I think it’s worth carrying that theory on to art and sewing.