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| Sugar, my cat, on top of a costume project |
A few days ago, I picked this project back up and resumed the first task necessary to complete the dress, namely, hemming the open edges. Now that I'm nearly done with that, I'm ripping fabric in preparation for sewing straps, which I will pin in place to find the best locations. After that, I will sew in the skirt gores, hem the bottom, and maybe put some trim on the section of the wrap that will be the top layer between the brooches when the dress is wrapped on me, and it will be done!
You may be wondering why I jumped to working on the straps instead of finishing hemming the sides. The answer is that, before I went to rip the straps, I foolishly laid the folded dress-in-progress down on my futon--and my cat is now sound asleep on top of it. (The blue part is the apron dress-in-progress; the pink part is just one of my bathrobes.) Meet Sugar, my fabric tester and confidante. Yes, I'm another one of those costumers with a feline assistant. :-)
Anyway, it looks like I'm not going to get much farther than the straps tonight, which may be just as well since I'm still recovering from a bad cold. Hopefully, I'll be able to do more sewing, and more blogging, this weekend.
Anyway, it looks like I'm not going to get much farther than the straps tonight, which may be just as well since I'm still recovering from a bad cold. Hopefully, I'll be able to do more sewing, and more blogging, this weekend.
EDIT: You can click the picture to get a larger version. Part of her belly was recently shaved and the fur is just growing back in--Sugar is an elderly (but spry!) cat and recently had an ultrasound done to check the progress of a large benign cyst on her liver. (Prognosis: little growth in cyst, unlikely to cause problems).
I seriously never get tired of seeing pictures of cats impeding the sewing process. They crack me up every time, and make me wish that I had a cat to impede my own sewing! Your cat sleeping is very endearing, with its face completely hidden by paws. Aw!
ReplyDeleteYes, this is her "I'm sleeping very hard" position. However, if you pet her while she's asleep in this position, she seldom objects, just licks the petting hand and begins to purr. :-)
DeleteMaybe I'll have a chance to show you all Sugar's sweet face in a future post.
Awwwwww! Sugar is a very sweet looking cat.
DeleteI'm still figuring out how to hand-sew with a cat, but the issue isn't as much sleeping on fabric, but trying to steal cotton spools (he picks them up in his mouth and runs off) and hanging off apron dress straps.
(Glad to hear the ultrasound turned out alright.)
Pearl: Thanks for your compliments about, and good wishes for, Sugar. She would love to purr at you personally (but then she loves to purr at everyone).
DeleteHandsewing with a kitten will probably be chaotic. We got Sugar when she was nearly a year old, which was long before I took up hand sewing, so I didn't have the problem. My best guess is that you'll need to work when Zac is asleep. Good luck in fitting this in with your schedule!
Monkey! I approve of this *yawn* fabri*nuzzle*
ReplyDeleteWhy, no, I don't know your cat -at all-. :)
Hi, Ken! Thanks for visiting.
DeleteYes, you've probably reproduced Sugar's mental processes accurately enough. Except I don't think she thinks of us as "monkeys"; I think she thinks of us as weirdly shaped cats, with strange wet tongues and a shortage of claws and fur. :-)
My lovely Chowder will "hold down" my fabric while I try to cut it. This usually comes in the form of him flopping down and then rolling back and forth. he is also very talented in finding a way inside my dress form and then attacking my ankles while I work on costuming.
ReplyDeleteHi! Welcome to my blog.
DeleteI was amused by your report on your cat, Chowder. Sugar will occasionally "hold down" the fabric in that way too. She is more likely to want to touch my needle and thread when I'm handsewing, or "hold down" my sewing scissors, so I usually have to drive her out of the room where I'm working after a while. She also likes to fray the edges of my paper sewing patterns. :-)