Sewing: B&W&P dress problems

Pesky dress.

The biggest hurdle in finishing the dress is that work has ramped up. And I just want to sleep when I get home.

Okay, another part of why I haven't had any progress on hemming the pesky B&W&P dress is the problem of see-through-ness. I've pinned up the dress (taking out about 7.5 inches, and it looks pretty good. Except when I tried to mock-up the normal rolled hem. The pattern was very evident. Too see-through. The twill tape I've been using on the seams is only half an inch wide, which would be difficult to manipulate into a hem. So, I got some 2" wide hem tape, which I assumed would be suitable for hemming. But I can still see the fabric pattern through it. Thinking about using a strip of the lining or something, but that would require more hemming of the strip. Or something.

Still working on it, but mostly in my head.

Any suggestions out there?

Baking: End of Summer

Blueberry tartlet a la mode with nectarine syrup.

Craft: Ye Olde pen and ink

Work and other general life has ramped up, therefore, the B&W&P dress remains unhemmed. Soon, I hope.

As a break during work, I've picked up a calligraphy pen again. I took the first class in 3rd grade (hated the class, but found the calligraphy fascinating). My Chancery font (the common, slanted one) has always been terrible... just can't keep the slants consistent. My Gothic and Unical fonts (the Germanic and Irish-ish ones) are pretty good, though. I need to re-find my copy of the Speedball (yes, as in pen) textbook. So many ways to write an "S"!

Following the realization that letters could look different from the Printing Teacher's directions, I have consciously changed my handwriting three times in my life. I've also taken steps to make sure that my signature is something that I think looks good (and is legible). Guess I'm kinda bragging there...

There's a couple of links on the side of this page for beautiful works of calligraphy from different cultures, like China and Arabic Ottoman and Persian. Completely amazed by some of the zoo-graphical Arabic designs. This link is cool hand-lettered manuscripts from all over. John Langdon does "ambigrams" (the words that look the same upside down), and shows how to create them.

I've also just found this really neat blog on calligraphy. No, not just the thick-thin-lines calligraphy, but the more general use of the word, which applies to writing and communication in general, also including history of the art and accouterments. Check out The Calligraphy Alphabet.