my doubts about it.

i figured out how to make picture collages on the computer, now i can share this with you in a most organized fashion:



i have had this dress for the longest times. this dress brings back memories of grade 10, dancing through apple trees in behind Auchmar Estaste on routine sunday walks.
it's been a long time.

i love this dress.
i love the color, and the embroidery, and the wide neckline.
but there was always something about the sleeves that threw me off.
they were just so hot.
and not the good 'hot' sorta hot: the kinda hot you want dress sleeves to emanate.
but just hot, too hot for summer & too hot to wear under a jacket.

on numerous occasions i discovered this dress in the back of my closet, pulled it out, remembered the sleeves, and put it back.

and, i dunno, i still like the sleeves.
they were kinda cute, in their fullness and half-length and buttoned existence.
after i cut them off, i kept them.
katie wore them as leg warmers for a while,
now they are resting in my scrap bag.
their day will come.

anyways
the alteration process was quite simple:
i cut off the sleeves,
measured a little,
snipped a little more
pinned the raw edge under,
ironed it down
& sewed it in place.

because of utter and unpractical laziness,
in an attempt to escape spinning a bobbin for the sewing machine,
i decided to hand sew it.

it was fun, but i realised after a few centimeters,
why they invented sewing machines.

also:
who can have a bad day with this beautiful face, plastered against your stomach?

no one. no one can.
it's impossible.
cheers value village.
you've made my life.

i used to think i was not like them
but i'm beginning to have my doubts,
...