without going into all of the boring details (complaining is so tedious!) i will just say that

A. while i expected this experience to have some kind of mildly annoying learning curve, it has been quite humbling, to say the least

and

B. the point has been drilled quite deep into my brain that if you want something to be done correctly, you must do it yourself or, failing that, provide VERY explicit instructions for how that thing be done.

all new-process-related irritations aside, i have to say that i’ve been having a lot of fun with all of this dyeing and printing lately and i hope that if i ever get to sew anything together for fall, it will be fairly awesome if only because forcing myself to do all of these new things at once has re-opened my sleepy summer eyes to new possibilities and experiments. of course things will come together in some way. there are two patterns made so far and though that’s roughly four fewer than i hoped to have done by now, i’m not going to stress about deadlines, even though my working vacation has come to an end. no way.

however! it’s time for sleep.