Why I haven't been posting as much this month
Didn't even iron for this picture and I don't care!
My second bummer project was the Jasmine blouse. I made a muslin, made the adjustments I thought it needed, and then then cut into my fabric. Well, my adjustments weren't enough and it turns out I had more work in store for me :( The back neckline and upper back gaped so bad, I literally needed to remove 2-3 inches. This also happened with my Peony dress. Does anyone else have this problem or know how to solve it? I know that with some patterns I can add darts and I tried this with Jasmine. While it solved the gaping neckline issue it didn't do much for the gaping/puffy upper back.
Two failed projects and wasted fabric certainly put a damper on things and left me feeling unmotivated. I texted my sewing woes to Rochelle, who gave me some good advice. She suggested that I sew a pattern that I have made before and love, but make some modifications to it. Such great advice! Cutting into some pretty fabric for a pattern that you know will fit great (I hope I'm not jinxing myself on this...) is a good cure for the sewing blues. A couple of nights ago I started working on my second version of the Macaron dress (see above) and I'm super excited about it. It reversed my mood!
I realized that I need to stop focusing on the negatives (wasted fabric, wasted time, failed fits) and start focusing on the positives. You guys, there are so many awesome things going on in the next few months!

Rochelle is hosting a fun 1940s sewing challenge where everyone sews something that is 40s inspired. I've got a couple of ideas brewing, but I'll run them by you guys in a future post.
Are any of you sewing items for one of the challenges I listed above? How is it going so far?
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