wing dress update: chasing the mirage (ver. #1 completed)

for those who just popped by
for the first time:

this is a blog about my project "wing dress" which began in may '07, been documenting the making of process since on this blog.
earlier this year however, i noticed few "fatal errors" on the first piece i had been working on until then, so decided to re-do the whole thing over.
today's post is about the completing of the first ("flawed", the perfectionist says) piece.

and yes, i punctuate all wrong and ignore caps.
(((smile)))



as a nice lady i would like to
start out by talking about
changing seasons

see
it's autumn here
the leaves are doing
what they do so well and...



and
in a similar hue
i am doing what i am inclined to do

...and what is that?



those are silk fabrics dyed in
subtly varying shades of red

(i mixed red with blue black
in varying degrees of tinybitness)


since the red will be used for
trimming the neck line of the
pale cream dress
the first thing to do was the bleed test

below:
creating the worst case scenario
-chosen two hang-dried,
drenched wet with red above white



so, any bleeding?
nil...nice



below:
that's where the red goes
first, choose one or the other
yes yes, there really is a difference



...then the width
decisions came
quick and hunchy



below:
one of the important points

since the fabric is very thin
seams are better be cut pretty or
will become too attention-catching

a lot of work really



below:
i wanted to say "done" but
there was a nag in my gut
nagging in knot



why is that?

well, when i was trying to decide
the width of the hem
by eye- and hand-measuring it

over and over,
i picked "12cm" as the optimum width
it was really pretty amazing
how accurate your senses "measure"


then i went ahead and ignored it
and made it about 0.7cm wider

please don't ask why




since i am training myself out of perfectionism
i tried pretty hard to ignore the nagging
but the gnawing sense won in the end

yeah yeah i re-did the darn thing


below:
the right is the 12cm opti-hemmed
can you tell the difference?

oh yes, there really is a difference
i know, because when it was done,
it stopped the nagging and
turned it into a warm glow

the mirage-like feeling i've been after
forever and ever...



but really, there is only a very thin line
between perfectionism and hunch-driven detailism
i tried to force-fit that cool "sloppy" approach on myself but
can't really fight your natural inclination, can you?


can i be in-the-groove dynamo and remain detailed?
accommodating the two in one person,
such tightrope balancing may be
the thrill, the chase, the carrot...

(nice lady trying at the cup half full sentiment)


below:
stitching on the final hem
done pretty prrfectly



this post ends
of course with the season talk
whichever the ones you are having
on this round planet
i wish you a beautiful _____



thank you for your visit!!