Simple Dress

I’ve never suffered much from perfectionism. I’ve found that lowering your standards is a faster route to satisfaction than achievement. With this in mind I’m going to consider this dress adequate fulfillment of one of my July goals. I made a summer dress that I like. I used Simplicity pattern 3742 and a very lightweight cotton shirting that was given to me by Wendy Cooper (thanks Wendy!) I love the fabric. I finally feel like I made the right choice for the pattern. I’m finding that I like almost everything I’ve made that’s gray or dull blue and almost nothing else. It’s a relief to see some kind of predictability in taste forming.

Since the fabric was free and the pattern was only $1.99, this is probably the cheapest thing I’ve made. I did sew some elastic into the waist, but I bought a 144 yard roll for $10 so that only adds seven more cents. So, one can theoretically save a little money by sewing. Unfortunately I will have to buy a new serger to complete the second July goal – and that will cost a painful amount of money.