This is a long post
and I apologise now....
..but I feel I have to explain my dilemma, one, to get it out of my system and two, hopefully help anyone who also can identify, with my situation... who like me....has a tendency to panic when it all goes wrong...
Firstly the reason I went into panic mode, was brought on by the fact that my own dress to attend the wedding in,....is now unavailable to buy in any of the stores....and definitely not available in the store warehouse....
which in reflection, serves me right for not buying it when I had the opportunity...( I foolishly thought, as you do...'there's still loads of time to get it')....but now, months later...and knowing there's only a few weeks left for me to find a dress or something, that will fit me correctly across my chest area, that I won't have to alter around the waist and hips, due to my shape and knowing how difficult it is for me to find anything that doesn't require altering... on finding out the dress was no longer available and I still have the 2nd dress to make...I panicked ! ! !... and despite not feeling like sewing, when I got home....all I could think was.... 'there's no time, there's no time,...Arghhh, there's no time .... I'd better start on the bodice of the second bridesmaids dress NOW', ...
...! ! ! ! ..........Really not the right thing to do, when in a 'panic mode'.... so, naturally I couldn't remember, how or what I had done on the first dress, and so cocked up the bodice of the dress and the 'heart shape' cutout....BIG style...
I tried to unpick what Id done...and further disaster ensued...thus more panic took over....then even more panic, when I realised I don't have enough lining fabric to re-cut the bodices out.....I went shopping the next day to get more fabric...and yes more panic, when I found out...the shop had sold out of the fabric I used for the lining...and they didn't have any light weight interfacing either, ....now at this point, I'm really panicking...(feeling sick in the pit of my stomach, panicking), knowing the wedding is three weeks away and that it will take me about another week or two, to get the 2nd dress done.....My son bless him, (in an attempt to soothe me), said 'just use an alternative colour, it's only for the lining...no one will know...
...so I went shopping again and bought instead something that is almost the right shade, (more pink than peach)....but it's still not quite right....and although it's not what I really want to do...I settled my self with the idea that's it's the best option to rectify the situation and headed home.....however, (and here is where I think my guardian angel stepped in)... on the way home, I remembered I still didn't have the interfacing I needed for the 'face fabric' either, so I decided to make a detour to the little fabric shop, near to where I live, just to buy the interfacing.
Interfacing bought, I was just about to leave the shop when I glanced upwards and saw 'right on the very top shelf at the very end of the row...I spotted a roll of fabric, very similar in shade to what I needed....I retrieved the sample from my bag and whilst the guy took the roll down, I explained the situation I was in...once the fabric was on the counter, I placed my sample against it and all I can say is that, someone up in heaven must have been looking out for me, as it was a littel darker, but an almost perfect match..
.... there was only 45cm of 'usable fabric' left on the roll, but still, it was enough for what I needed.....and the guy must have felt sorry for me, as he didn't charge me for the piece of fabric, (as he said it had been there for a while and no one is probably going to want so little amount of fabric, other than me)...so I left the shop feeling considerably more relaxed and calm...I have since, washed it, ironed it and it is now.... a perfect match in colour....... So now....panic over..
..and strangely
I can remember how to do the heart cutout again....I'm calmly going to make the second dress...and fingers crossed this time nothing will go wrong..
.and no one will notice me wearing my jeans on the day..
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