Well… the funk cloud seems to be lifting somewhat. I again did yoga this morning. It was nice and I started sweating in the middle of it so I think probably it also counts as exercise. I have yet to go for a walk outside with the trees and such but hey. I am definitely less grumpy!
So… the first thing that I shall wing (in tandem with my care for mental health): making a dress by hand. Can I do it? How will I do it? Is this a realistic first sewing project? Well first since I made a pillow case in elementary school anyway.
I do not have a sewing machine so I think that it would have to be like really truly fully by hand. I would have to learn all the stitches. I would have to find a pattern and follow a tutorial and so on… It seems… difficult. But I think it will be fun.
Plan of Action: Researching Dress-making
The first step of this will be to research the dress-making. I should find a suitable dress that I like the style of and that will not be too challenging for a first-time… seamstress?
I found this post with a free pattern… It seems annoying. I have lost the joy and am feeling funky again. But let’s push through. I want to do something. I think this could be a good thing to do and make cute content. (And could make me cute and content he he word play). I am however thinking back to the Wheezy Waiter video I watched this morning and wondering why I didn’t decide to take cold showers for a month. But never mind that.
I also have a wall mural to paint “why am I not doing that” I ask myself.
NO! This is the “too hard voice” we are telling her to shut up and we are going to accomplish this task we just need to make it manageable. How do we do that? CHUNKS
Alright so these are my steps! I will make blog posts along the way and also hopefully film it so that I can make a video as well. It would be cool if it works out. I think I may need more time to collect materials. That is the thing that I think will hold me back the most.
If I am feeling alright tomorrow I will see if I can order some fabric on Hepsiburada or something? Let’s see how much that costs! Otherwise ummmm we may have to get creative.
Okay I just googled it and it takes 2.5 meters of fabric in order to to make this dress! I suddenly am feeling very nervous about this task.
This is the fabric shop I found so far and it would come out to like kind of the same price as just buying a dress? SO maybe finding fabric here would be better. This means that I should ask my Turkish friends if there is something like fabric land here and if I can go there and buy a fabric. Oh boy.
Wish me luck!
This is all the “winging” I can handle for today and I also think that tomorrow I may want to just pick something like a Tiktok dance to do so that I can have that feeling of accomplishment. Have you ever met someone so reluctant to do something that they want to do?
BLAME THE FUNK! I will continue updating my funk status, dress making status, YouTube channel and much more haha. I may extend my deadlines let’s see how I feel about all of this tomorrow. For now, I should stop procrastinating and get back to that graphic design work!
Winging it! 