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Newish year, new dress, not much else to say

I return after this lengthy absence with not much to say for myself: been workin', been sewin', and so forth. December was, of course, nutty, with the Monster Stocking making (sweat sweat slave slave) and the gifting and the feasting and the toasting of various important birthday boys and the New Year's Eve-ing (fun fun eat eat drink drink pretty dress).

I have been a little hibernaty so far this year as a result: lots of sleeping and home improvement have been going on at the Tron household. Unfortunately, I have a tendency to start home projects without making sure I have the wherewithal to complete them, so there are bags of crap in the living room awaiting a trip to the thrift store, utensils scattered hither and thither awaiting new storage, and such like that.

I finished up one project this weekend, though.

This fabric has been waiting around forever to be something; I hope it likes being this. I learned a lot about fitting while I made this, and made some bold and exciting new adjustments to make this dress fit me and my particular lumps and bumps, instead of some kind of synthesized pattern fitting human form. I was even a Very Proper Seamstress and made a test garment so I could fiddle around with all those lumps without torturing my real fabric. So that was fun.

To be perfectly honest, all I can think with this photo is "bumpy zipper bumpy zipper DAMN YOU BUMPY ZIPPER." Guess it's a good thing this part will be behind me when I'm wearing it.