Reasons Not to Quit

Reasons Not to Quit

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Why I've sewn an ugly dress entirely by hand

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Hanne Blank Boyd
Apr 18, 2024
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Over the course of the last week and a half, I have sewn a remarkably ugly dress by hand. The keen-eyed will immediately notice that I’ve also sewn it quite poorly in many respects. The shoulder top seams are felled in different directions. There are all manner of other sins. Were it a dress I would ever wear, these things would matter.

As it happens…

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