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Hello my dear sewing friends,
Every morning when I open my eyes it all seems so unreal. I’m sure I just had a bad dream. But when I look out of our window, I see the empty, closed-off playground where just a few weeks ago we were sitting in the sandbox with our daughter and she was watching the big children play. The virus has paralyzed the world. Standstill affects every person in their own way. The long-awaited vacation cannot be taken, weddings, family celebrations, children’s birthdays, the concert of your favorite band, a convivial meal with your best friend at the Italian restaurant around the corner… or even worse, the threat to your financial existence. For some people, dreams burst like a soap bubble. And of course the concern for the protection of loved ones. What kind of strange situation is this where we have to stand together by staying away from each other? Many things that we love and make life more beautiful are suddenly gone. I also imagined my last six months of parental leave with our little family differently. We still had so much to do. 🙁 Visit the EKIZ to prepare our daughter for daycare in a playful way and to spend the beautiful days visiting our country estate aka allotment garden with lots of loud children screaming and moms drinking coffee. A big 2-year-old birthday party for our little mouse, who has now become a 3-man show. But after a few days in quarantine, thoughtfulness naturally sets in and I realized that a lot of things that were important to me before are no longer so important. Looking back, I often got too upset about little things. Not consciously valued enough in my everyday life. Everyday life was fine the way it was. Faster, higher, further! You’re good, but it can be better, right? What is ALL this for? Isn’t it the influence of our society that always wants us to believe that more is possible? Why didn’t I just sit back in the here and now and enjoy what is? I use the time of standstill wisely to press restart again and question my norms and values. I’m actually aware of what’s really important and yet I’m always distracted by “importances that are actually trivial”. I get to know myself as a person again. What I actually miss sorely is the lightness that is now gone. Countless thoughts are running through my head. The fact is: the world will be different after the crisis. In my heart I wish so much that a WE will replace the ME in our society. The community can clearly be felt in our district. A tremendous wave of helpfulness and solidarity is emerging. People running errands, walking the dog, or doing some other kind of good deed. We give ourselves a smile to encourage ourselves to not be alone in the situation. Hopefully it’s not just a phase where medical and social professions are valued more in society. I have never been so proud to pursue a social profession and to contribute something meaningful to society. Even after the Corona crisis, let’s not forget that we have neighbors who need our help or just a kind word. When I drink my coffee in the morning looking out at the garden, I know that my situation is a good one. I’m lucky. I’m so grateful to have this little piece of land and to be able to ignore worries and troubles while digging, working and painting.
I would like to write a few lines about my bouclè dress in a retro look (self-sewn according to Burda style 02/2018 #113) for the hobby seamstresses among my readers. For more reality on my blog: Of course I don’t walk to the country estate (aka allotment garden) with a bouclè dress during quarantine times. In my entire life I have never let myself go so visually as I did during this extraordinary time. Most of the time I wear an oversized sweater with jeans. But I think that certainly no one here really wants to see that. 😉 The sheath dress, which looks like a costume, is provided with step by step instructions in the booklet by burda style. Nevertheless, I had some problems with the cut. First I had to search for a long time on the cutting sheet because the instructions contained an error. Danger! The pattern that should be found on sheet C with a pink background in the instructions is unfortunately blue. I also spent hours folding and putting together the top and skirt panel. I divided the arm again because I wanted to round off the look of the costume by using an arm slit and four buttons. This detail is not provided for in the cut of burda style. The dress can be worn for many occasions. I’m very happy with the result of the dress, but wouldn’t want to sew it again due to the time involved. I also reduced the size of the silk scarf especially for the dress because it seemed too bulky to me.
These days, virtual encounters are an even more valuable asset. Glad you exist!
So please take good care of yourself. Stay healthy.
Feel hugged and hearted.
Jasmine
My outfit:
Earrings: Chanel
Silk scarf: Chanel
Bouclè dress in a retro look: self-sewn according to Burda style 02/2018 #113
Bag: Chanel Vintage
Pumps: Shein
