As you would’ve seen from the photo in the previous post, Frocktober is here again! I am once again taking part, and you can donate towards my efforts here. I have set a stretch goal of $2000 raised for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund this year, but I reckon we can do it!

In addition to wearing a different dress every day, I’m also going to be documenting a couple frocktastic sewing projects throughout the month. I haven’t sewn anything for several months, so it was nice to tidy up the sewing room today and to hit Spotlight for supplies.

My big challenge with sewing (and it’s the same challenge I have with cooking) is that I lack the patience to set up my mise en place properly. Most of the work isn’t the sewing part; it’s in the painstaking preparation: tracing, ironing, and cutting. I need to learn to appreciate this part just as much as I do the actual assembly.

My tasks today were to wash my fabric, trace out my pattern – Colette Oolong – onto some interfacing, and then pin it together into a toile for sizing. I tried it on and the Snook assisted with some adjustments. (We added some width to the underarm pieces, deepened the darts at the upper back, and adjusted the shoulder slope slightly.) Then I had to transfer those adjustments back to my pattern pieces.

That’s all for today! The next step is to iron my fabric and cut out the pieces.