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Not moving, but not standing still

I've been in a reading/writing/sewing slump for a good handful of months now, due to a number of factors: - The last dress I tried to make for myself ended up looking terrible, due to the fabric being too polyestery and stiff for the design, and to the fact that the cut of the bodice is really bad for someone this short-waisted. - I've been gaining weight, slowly enough that I didn't really notice until suddenly it hit me that I was dissatisfied with all my clothes because they were just  too tight to be comfortable or look good. I'm working on the weight issue, but I just can't gather the will to sew any new clothes for work. - Cameo is deceptively difficult, at least in the Made to Fit custom sizing module. My pattern files keep becoming uneditable, which is obviously a problem if you're still in the working-draft stages! - For a while, I was being really active in a few historical fashion Facebook groups, and the neverending fight to get good contribu