ASG Creativity Contest
Today I send off my outfit for the ASG Creativity Contest. Once I receive the outfit back I will dutifully post it here (with lots of pictures) and review it on Pattern Review.
The process for this contest is that you make the outfit as per the contest requirements and then send in a 300 word report with samples about the outfit you made. If the selection committe is interested in it, then they ask you to send the completed outfit to them for review. I really wasn’t expecting to get that call – but I did. I am quite honored; however, I am also very apprehensive, too. For me, sewing isn’t a goal – it is a process. In sewing, I am ALWAYS learning – with each project I gain some improvement, but I am FAR from being an expert. I truly enjoy the process of sewing an outfit. Some clothes do turn out better then others, but in the end I love this hobby. So entering a sewing ’contest’ is a little stressful for me because I put all these “I-am-not-the-expert-sewer-I-wish-I-was” expectations on myself and I think it is the unknown about the judges and the judging of my sewing that stresses me the most. No one wants to be ridiculed by ‘The Seam Police’. But, even with all that, I still went a head and entered this contest. And, the next contest is the LA County Fair – entry forms due in June (I think). Do I want to stress myself out for that, too. Maybe? We shall see.
Where have I been?
I’ve been missing from my blog for many reasons, but mostly, I’ve been busy. I’ve dropped the ‘ball’ on time management and have been racing to meet deadlines – even us ‘volunteers’ have deadlines. So here is a list of waht I have been doing since I last posted:
- Gave a presentation to the local Home Ec Club – the history of women’s underwear.
- Been to Fillmore a.k.a. Heritage Valley for the day – making arrangements for my father’s 76th birthday bash.
- Made a skirt for my niece – a hot, rad mini skirt (her words – not mine).
- Modeled my creation and my niece modeled, too, in the Cypress College Adult Ed Fashion Show – I actually don’t like to do this, but the instructor is fantastic and I have learned so much from her.
- Finished my report for the ASG Creativity Contest – of course, the outfit still needs the lining and I really am not pleased with how it turned out – more on that later.
- Spent two days at a John Deer Adorable Ideas Seminar on digizing software – fascinating seminar, too. I’m so glad I went. It was worth every penny although the sewing machine dealer gave me the HARD sell to buy yet another machine! I haven’t paid off the last embroidery machine I bought.
- Been to an Angel game – I know NOTHING about baseball but love to people watch and, of course, eat kettle corn.
- Filed my taxes – this year I goofed these up too.
- Saw the new Star Trek movie at the IMAX – Wow! It was great!
So that is where I have been and what I have been doing. Tires me out just thinking about it.
