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Tuesday
Jan312012

More Stitching

I just finished stitching the third (of six) panels for my Alabama Chanin tank dress.  So far I've been able to keep up with my goal of one panel per month (in fact, I'm a little ahead of that goal).  I know that someone is going to ask me how many hours I've invested in this project so while stitching the latest panel I decided to keep track.  I spent 960 minutes (16.3 hours) doing just the stitching on this one panel.  Assuming that's average, it will take about 96 hours to stitch all six panels.  That doesn't include time to cut the reverse applique, bead, construct and finish the garment.  I'm guessing the total will be somewhere around 150-200 hours.  I'm planning to keep track and see.

When I'm not hand stitching I am working on a wool crepe dress that is turning out really great.  I still need to set in the sleeves and do all of the finishing work.   I'm hoping to have it finished this week so I can share it with you.

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Reader Comments (1)

The dress looks BEAUTIFUL!!! I can't wait to see how you finish it! Thanks so much for sharing your progress photos with us - and keeping track of the hours is so interesting!
I got inspired to start sewing again - but a quilt with some fabric I already have - because we found out we're having a little girl!
Excited to see your wool crepe dress!

February 1, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterDaphne

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