Laowai

I made a dress recently. The cats are very curious when they hear the crinkly paper of my patterns.

And then in my sewing room they are interested in threads and they try to knock bobbins or any little notion off my shelves.

After a while their napping instinct kicks in and as long as I make a cozy space close to the sewing machine for each of them they will settle and sleep.

I was trying hard to take my time and do a good job on this pattern. I made the inside seams a bit neater than usual. And I did lots of ironing and steaming along the way.

It was all going well until I was almost done and I tried it on for the first time. Then I noticed one pocket was sewn on really low. I mistakenly placed it’s upper corner at the marking that was meant for the bottom corner.

Since this pattern (The Amarena Dress) has nice little cut-out pocket openings there was nothing I could do about it.

Oh well – it’s barely noticeable and I am happy with the dress otherwise.