theladyrebecca | (no subject)

*Sigh* I wrote out half this post and then my computer crashed and didn't save the draft....

So, as per usual, my sewing did not go as planned yesterday. Of the 2+ hours after work that I was supposed to be hand-sewing, I wound up spending about 1.5 hrs working on putting together my set for my two 4th of July gigs tomorrow. Finding an hour worth of singable pre-1965 patriotic music is hard! So I only wound up hand-sewing just over half of my hem facing, and that's it, which was a bummer.

On the other hand, after tap class, I came home and made the probably stupid decision to stay up late and sew. I finished pressing the 2nd row of pink pleats and sewed it onto the skirt.

It was at this point that I looked at the taffeta remaining, did all the math, and realized that while I have just over two yards left, I need about 3 yards to do everything left in the pink (sash/bow around the base of the bodice, side front pleats, and one more skirt ruffle). Shoot.

So now I have two options:
Option A: I could nix the 3rd pink skirt ruffle, and either undo the 2nd one, turn under the top with the serging and reattach it; or cover up the serged edge with bias made of the stripey fabric (though this second choice would mean that the top ruffle would probably look slightly wider than the bottom ruffle).
Option B: Face the sash and the side front pleats with organza, which I will probably dye to match first. This should save me nearly a yard, and I think I can eek the rest out of the other two yards, if I have a smaller seam allowance on the top ruffle and put the bow on the lengthwise grain instead of across grain.

Any opinions? I'm leaning towards Option B myself. Assuming I go for option B, I may try to dye the organza today, but that is the only sewing work I would wind up doing, since I'm having a game night tonight and have to clean the house after work.

In other news, I checked at Joanns again yesterday for the new McCalls pattern, and not only do they not have it in yet, it's not on the Joanns website, which means even their corporate whatever hasn't gotten it in yet, so it could be weeks or more before it gets to stores. And then today, it went on sale for 3.99 on the McCalls website. Since I am already clearly fixating on this project, I decided to order it directly from McCalls, even though with shipping it was nearly $9 (I never spend that much for patterns, especially not a big 3 pattern!). It says 5-7 business days, so that should mean somewhere between Wed-Fri next week, which is definitely cutting it close. But hopefully by then, I will have the gala gown and a new chemise done. And hopefully the pattern fits well and goes together easily!