I Can't Believe I've Been "Off Blog" For So Long!

OMG - Its been like a month and half!!! What tha!!!!

In my defense I have been pretty busy, getting organised at work for someone to take over my role for 7-8 weeks whilst I go have some seriously torturous 'medical' intervention! (The continuing saga of the workplace accident that happened almost two years ago! My boss calls it the gift that keeps on giving, Really??? He can't see the insensitivity in that statement - its not a gift its a nightmare!)

 Anyone want to guess what the intervention was this time??? ...

... if you guess toe nail removal you guessed right! Both feet - two 'big toe' nails removed - yes it was torturous and yes I managed to pull off the immediate infection - yet again - so antibiotics, excessive pain, blah,blah,blah!

So I have been hobbling around for weeks - just starting to walk normally,  hoping to be able to wear some 'broad toe' shoes for at least 6 hours straight by the end of next week so I can go back to work! 

The good news is ... I am now able to 'drive' the sewing machine again, albeit very difficult to stand for any length of time (10-15 mins is about the max) so cutting out patterns, is an exhaustive process (two days to do this one pattern below).

I made the dress below intending to enter it in the Tessuti's Jaywalk competition but I disliked it so much I didn't bother! My friend who is modelling the dress (hence the head editted out) loved the dress - so at least it went to a good home! I have to say I don't like any of the entries in the competition - the fabric feels beautiful but it looks awful when its sewn up - that's my opinion anyway - hmmmm makes wonder if that was the opinion of the Tessuti staff and hence the competition, great way to sell off a lot of fabric that otherwise might not get sold!!!! 

The pattern I used for this dress was Burda Style Funnel Neck Dress - I found the 'off the shoulder' sleeve very uncomfortable and the side cut on the fold didn't hug the body and just looked wrong. I added in an extra dart at the waist on the fold line to create a better fit. I will definitely make this dress again but I will use only the right side (cut the pattern down the middle and then place it on the fold and cut two).


So what do you think yay or nae for the stripes!