Finishing frenzy

Over the past few days I’ve been coping with the world by making. One of the things I love about making is finishing things and it’s been several days in a row of finishing things, my favorite. On Saturday I finished a dress, on Sunday I sewed up a belt bag in one go, today I finished some socks, and I finally sewed on the buttons to fully finish my cabled cardigan.

I’ll probably talk about all of these in their own posts at some point soon, but the interesting thing is how I don’t feel great about absolutely everything when I finish it, but I love the fact that it’s done. For example: I’m not sure about the dress, while I love flowy dresses on other people, I’m really not sold on them on me. And that isn’t rare for me, it’s more often than not that I finish a thing and don’t love it. But then a funny thing happens. I put the item away, either in the closet or packed in the shelf full of sweaters, and I let it sit there. Over time I find out if I love it or not based on how often I reach for it and wear it. My favorite makes were often things I didn’t like at all when I finished them.

Now I enter the period of figuring out if I love the four things I’ve made or not. I can fairly confidently say I’ll love the belt bag and the socks will get worn no matter what, but the dress and cardigan will take time to either come to the fore or not. The more I make, the more I find I’m making things I love in the end because I’m getting better at fit and at choosing patterns that fit my wardrobe and style.