need to top stitch around the collar and sleeves on that dress i just made, and trim some stray threads. i sortof want to take it up just a couple inches but with the way it fits me, i'm afraid i'll lose a lot of the flowiness of the skirt. i should probably take the skirt off the bodice and take it up there instead, since it hits me too low on my hips, so it bunches up funny in the middle. that may help...

also want to do some MOdifying of existing clothes so i can have some MOre stuff to wear to work. the other day i ended up wearing my brown pants with suspenders because they're so much too big in the waist and keep falling down.

one of the web sites i follow is written by a young woman who is taking an actual sewing/fashion design cla$$ and they have been working on making dress forms and pants and such and learning how to make pattern MOdifications to make clothes fit absolutely perfectly. i think i need to learn these skills because while my clothes generally come out looking good, i always think they could fit me better. the waists are usually too long and i get gapping in the arm holes from my bust being too big plus when i can get things to fit properly through the hip/thigh they end up too big in the waist and the waistbands are too high... wish i had a dress form. yargh.