The Universe has been sending me nudges this week about dormant objects and the stuck energy that surrounds them.

So I figured it was time to throw open the cupboards once more. And why not post about some of the process?

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Way back in May 2018 I tried on a really gorgeous dress in a small boutique in Osaka.

Sadly it was rather more expensive** than I wanted to pay for something which was a little too long and had a split in the back almost to the waist.

i did get those amazing grey pants hanging behind the dress and they were in very high rotation for years^^

such an adorable label

So I left it behind. But I thought about it a lot afterward.

When I returned home I found the dress on the Information Superhighway and decided that the simplicity of the design meant it was likely something I could make myself.

… time passed …

Eventually I found the almost perfect heavily discounted fabric in the Lincraft York Street closing down sale in January/February 2020 and bought the pattern online some time in the first lockdown in mid(ish) 2020

pattern view C – a very decent starting point

And then it all sat, dormant and unloved, for almost 3 years.

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I’ve changed almost beyond recognition over the last three years and this type of dress is really no longer my style. So I plan to set it free so that someone else might enjoy it.

There’s a growing donation pile for the excellent The Sewing Basket.

More dormant objects to come.

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I ran across this dormant things academic project and related wonderful illustrations in my online travels this evening.

It looks incredibly interesting and I plan to spend some time digging in over the weekend. I may report back.

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** current exchange rate JPY 39,000 = AUD436 | EUR 279 | USD 302 | GBP 244

^^ recently passed on to Bessie who looks fabulous in them