So, this Saturday was the last class.

Which was not cool. At all. What am I going to do on Saturdays if I’m not at FIT? Sleep?

(What a novel concept!)

Anyways, surprisingly, I did not cry during my last day.

Not surprisingly, I did not finish my dress. I did sew most of my dress, though. I got the sides, the collar, and pretty much everything but the hems and the middle sash done. (I ditched the pockets, due to my laziness and my knowing that I don’t really use pockets anyways. If I have to carry something, I’ll have a bag.)

I wish I had just one more hour to finish the dress up. I have a sewing machine at my house, but the ones at class are just so nice and perfect and beautiful.

I plan to finish it this upcoming weekend. (I guess I could do it when I would usually be at class?)

Other than that, I also had my last picnic! It was a great picnic; however, it was a shame that it was the last one. And, as mentioned in my previous post, I made chocolate chip cookies. (They were fab, even the day after.)

And here I close this chapter of my life.

It is like one of those books where there should be another chapter or another something because it was so amazing and wonderful. (You know what I mean, right?)

However, there shall be a sequel! I’ll back to FIT over the summer (I couldn’t stay away!) for the menswear sewing class, and also right after my finals for a self-branding class or whatever it’s really called.

Perchance I’ll see you then?

Bisous,

Tessa

P.S. Wondering what I’m doing till then? I’ll be listening to MS MR all day (well, whenever school’s not in) and tumblring at reachforthecrown.tumblr.com/.

And I sigh.

The last day of class is next class, and all I want to do is cry and never step out of my classroom ever.

(Can I just stay forever?)

So in preparation for tomorrow, I baked some cookies. After all, a picnic is a great way to spend the last break of the class, right?

I surely do think so!

And in case you were wondering, they were chocolate-chip vegan cookies, as I eat cruelty-free nowadays. (And to clear it up, a vegan diet doesn’t equal kale, quinoa, and health-foods all the time, even though I do love me some kale.)

They still taste absolutely fabulous, though, in my opinion. I might just be biased. Oops.

My goals for tomorrow are:

1.)    To not bawl. At all. Some tears are okay, but don’t go overboard, self.

2.)    To get the majority of my dress done. Hopefully everything but the hems. That might just be wishful thinking, however.

3.)    To have fun, of course! That’s the best way, in my opinion, to round out a goals list. Nice and happy and positive.

I say good-bye for now.

Tomorrow I say hello to my final class. Then there’s a good-bye that’s a bit more permanent.

Tessa

There’s only one class left. Which is totally a crying shame. And perchance even a crime too!

I jest, I jest.

So on Saturday, I first had a panic attack. I had taken out some bags that were presumably full of fabric, and just fabric.

However, I thought that I had accidentally taken my zipper out, as I could not find it in my pile of fabric in the little closet where our stuff is kept while we’re not there.

After I got over my initial panicking, I went back into the closet to see if I had just overlooked it.

There was no zipper.

Though there was an awfully familiar bag.

So I went and looked in the bag.

It was my bag. In there was my zipper. My behind was saved! My dress could be made!

I then set up my machine with the cool invisible zipper foot, and sewed on my invisible zipper.

It was a blast; invisible zippers are super easy to put in, not to mention amusing!

Then I just sewed and sewed some more.

Afterwards, I went to the subway and traveled to Brooklyn.

I ended up exiting in Bushwick, and I found that the part of it which I was in to be very industrial.

The Shop-Up was in a bar, so with the large amount of people there it was jam-packed.

The food was delish, though. I wish I could eat lunch there every day. Yum!

There was chocolate, cookies, cinnamon buns, and a whole lot of other desserts, all cruelty-free. There was other food, too. I had a delish sandwich. It was seitan BBQ, I believe. It was spicy and perfect and so yummy, wow. (Hail seitan!)

I totally recommend going over there, if you’re in the area. It’s monthly, I believe.

Totally wishing it was Saturday forever,

Tessa

So it still hasn’t processed completely that there are only two classes left. Like, how can that be possible? Months have passed already?

But it feels like just last week I started high school?! And like it feels like yesterday when I first arrived at FIT, too?! What is this sorcery?

Let’s focus on the present, though. Or perhaps just next class. It’s close enough.

Being that I am not a mind reader, I just have to outline what I’d like to get done next class…

I’d like to finish the majority of my dress.

However, I do understand that that is a long shot, so I’d at least like to get to finish up the main part, the body of the dress, I guess, but not necessarily the sleeves. (And necessarily is a really hard word, for me to spell. It took Google’s help to figure it out. Oops.)

Anyways, I do wish that that can be completed, and that I’ll be able to wear the dress, as the weather’s starting to shape up, finally!

(Just ignore all the rain we had this week. It never happened. Wink-wink-nudge-nudge.)

Oh, also, after class I am taking the subway to Brooklyn for the Vegan Shop-up! All I’m really thinking is that it will be food galore, me-oh-my!

Dress…I hope that you will be finished soon! ♥

-Tessa