Off to Oxford

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I'm just about to leave for the airport and a red-eye flight to London. This time I'm off to a conference at University of Oxford. I'm hoping for some good weather while I'm there so I can take some great pictures.

As much as I'm looking forward to this trip and the conference, I'm not looking forward to the flights and the exhaustion. Here's hoping I can get some sleep on this flight!

What I'm working on now

I started working on New Look 6643 last weekend and have been making some good progress, considering I haven't put much time into my sewing lately. I made this pattern once before. This time I'm making view B, the v-neck silhouette, in a dark blue linen/rayon blend. I picked up two yards of the fabric from Fashion Fabrics Club quite a while ago during a sale for a grand total of $7.13 (including the shipping and handling for that part of the order).

I had to redraft the pattern, because the smallest size is a 10 and it was way too big last time. The fit is much better now with my redrafted size 8, but still required some tweaking of the side seams. I also put in an invisible zipper instead of the lapped zipper the pattern calls for, since I much prefer the look of the invisible zipper for this dress (and this fabric is difficult to get to crease sharply and evenly).

I'm still fiddling a bit with the side seams, but I'm almost there. Then I just have the neck and armscyes to finish and the bottom to hem.

I haven't decided what to sew next. I think I'll just wait to see what I feel like sewing that day (which is how I decided to sew this). I have quite a backlog of fabric and patterns, so I have lots of combinations to choose from. I guess it will be a surprise!