Progress Report

I’m going to offer an excuse (one of many to come, I’m sure) for why I’m not having more success with the sewing. Right now I’m mainly limiting myself to $1 per yard fabrics while I test out patterns and hone my skills. I’m not enough of a purist to make muslin mock-ups. It’s mainly because muslin is more than $1/yd. I really don’t like all of the fabric choices I’ve made. I thought they would be more transformed when they were shaped into a piece of clothing. It turns out, ugly fabric makes ugly clothes. Lesson learned. Still – these ugly things have an important role to play in my growing wardrobe. Doesn’t everyone need crummy clothes for messy projects, like changing the oil or expressing your dog’s anal glands? Assuming I fulfill my goal in this project, after a year passes I won’t have any old clothes. If I were making one fantastic thing after another I would have to whip up some aprons, smocks, and coveralls. I might do it anyway, simply because those things are fun to make, but think about that. Can you image a wardrobe without grubbies?