moulding

There is much to support the view that it is clothes that wear us, and not we, them; we may make them take the mould of arm or breast, but they mould our hearts, our brains, our tongues to their liking. -- Virginia Woolf

Making clothes is becoming one of my favorite things to do. It calms me. It offers a sense of accomplishment. After a few hours I always have something to show for it. Instead of spending hours at the mall desperately trying to find something that suites my taste and body, I can fall in love with a fabric and make something for myself. I'm getting quite excited thinking about all the things I will learn to make; quilts, pillows for my some-day-home, a lovely duvet cover, place mats, cute little dresses for some-day-little-girl.

I've begun to make my first dress from the Charmed Dress pattern from Betsy Ross. The pattern is fantastically easy and instructions are clear. My only questions have come from this being my first. My hopes are that once I finish this first one, I can make the necessary adjustments and changes to make the dress I have in my head (this pattern is very close) to wear to a wedding in a few weeks. I'm using some fabric I thought was really cute that I found on clearance from j. caroline creative.

Here is my progress so far:

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Words

"He(Christ) never used a phrase that made his philosophy depend even upon the very existence of the social order in which he lived. He spoke as one conscious that everything was ephemeral, including the things that Aristotle thought eternal. By the time the Roman Empire had come to be merely the orbis terrarum, another name for the world. But he never made his morality dependent on the existence of the Roman Empire or even on the existence of the world. 'Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away.'"
-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man

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I've always maintained a strong connection to creative. Of recent, I've taken up knitting, crocheting, and sewing. This blog will follow these endeavors as I make mistakes, learn, and most importantly, create. Hooray!