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We are now on muslin number 3. This morning I sewed number two together and we spent along time deciding on changes and what would make the garment look better. After playing around with the fabric a lot, Edwin decided on the alteration and drafted the changes on the flat pattern. I am not a patient person so it's good to learn how to properly work with patterns and stay organized. I'm also not used to making more than one muslin but I'm starting to see that there are so many things I haven't paid attention to that would improve my pattern making a lot. After that, Edwin showed me books on Madeliene Vionnet, one of his icons. She was a master at clever pattern-making. She would cut the fabric on the bias so the bottom of her dresses would drape beautifully but she would position the seams so they could be sewn on grain. Sewing on the bias creates a lumpy seam but sewing on grain creates a perfect seam. This way, her dresses looked beautiful and she didn't have to sew on the bias. It sounds simple but it's pretty genius. If you ever get a chance, look through her books and look at the seams. It's incredible. He's a simple example of one of her dresses.

We then had lunch outside at the top of the stairs and kept hearing Edwin's neighbor (I'm sure you can guess her occupation) tap of her glass so people would look up at her. Apparently it's illegal but it worked. She had a client walk in and out before we even finished lunch. Lovely.

After getting pattern 3 ready to cut and sew, I went by Zara on the Kalverstraat. Thursday is "koopavond" so the stores are open till 8pm instead of 6pm. I tried on a pair of orange pants (off course, hello) and when I almost had them on, they split wide open right down the middle!!! Not cool Zara. I do not want pants that have that feature. I thought it was pretty crazy so I had to take a picture of it.

I did get 2 other things but not these pants.

Then I met up with my grandma and grandpa to go eat at the top floor of the new library on central station. It's so awesome!

The view from the top. This is only a tiny part.

A little exhibit on one of the floors.

And if you've ever seen Get Him To The Greek, they had a furry wall in the lobby!