Like, A Bazillion Dollars

I'm beginning to understand why couture clothing is so expensive.  Want to know the secret?

It.  Takes.  Freaking.  Forever.

Especially for a person who likes to wing it.  I've made prototypes for most of the garments that I've made before I made the final piece, but I've never gone into this much detail.  But that's cool, I wanted to learn the ins and outs of couture, right?

Like using tracing paper to trace every line of the pattern onto the muslin.  ON BOTH SIDES.

And then thinking, "Yay!  That's done!  Sewing time!"  But then going forward in class and finding out the next step is to sew over EVERY LINE I JUST TRACED.

I have done this to seven pieces.  I still have 21 to go.  Face palm.  Well, face palm only because I didn't expect this step.  I'm sure there will be many more steps that I won't expect and a lot more complaining that you will get to be a part of lucky, lucky reader.  At least now though I can justify what I charge for crap I (will be) making.  Not crap!  I mean awesome whimsical Frou Frilly Frou Couture (tm) clothing!

I think next I get to start assembly.  That or I get to rip everything apart and start over.  Evil instructor!!