Saidi Dress & Update

So, I decided to do up a model dress for a friend who has hired me to design & sew Saidi dresses for her troupe of four girls. I don't normally do that, but I needed a new Saidi dress and have enough fabric here, so I thought it would be a nice way to show her what we could do on fabric, versus paper.

She has decided to go with this style, but with fuller, rounded sleeves. I think it will be lovely!

So, I'm sewing some sequins on this one right now, and then some paillettes.

Yesterday I wrapped up a lovely progressive balady for my intermediate class. They seemed to like it. Today, I have to work on Al Toba for my advanced girls. Hopefully I will have time to work on Ba'eed Annak for my performance at the Yousry Sharif show!

Things are certainly getting busy - I'd best keep on top of things! We bought a new house and take possession at the end of this month. It's a cottage we're converting to a house, so there's a lot of work with that as well. We're busy on the phone with contractors and permits galore. Family is coming down this weekend for Thanksgiving. Looking forward to that!

Today, the plan is to finish the Saidi dress, sew up a bra for a costume I'm working on for the Yousry show, as well as work on Al Toba. Tomorrow, I will get started on the troupe dresses and Ba'eed Annak.

Haven't been doing so well behaving as far as weight loss. I always find the first two weeks tough... after that, I seem to settle into routine and can handle temptation pretty well. I've just got to stay on for those first two weeks! Today is day one. Again! Every day is a new day..... Definitely have to get back on track or I'm going to wind up with a problem here!