Guess what finally showed up today?!?!
My fabric samples from 2 months ago.
The envelope was obviously chomped up on one end so looks like it probably got pulled under a piece of machinery and probably got stuck. I’ve built the entire costume in the time it took USPS to find these and get them to me.
I can finally put the denouement on my Swatch Watch 2017 post.
Oh and guess what else, we need a whole new AC unit. Everything replaced.
The stupid thing is it’s still working and keeping the house fairly cool. Not super cold. But certainly liveable. But there’s a crack in the lines and the guy said they could fill it up with the refrigerant or whatever (I’m not going to pretend I know the terms here, ok) and it might last a year, months, weeks, there’s no telling. The unit is 20 years old – original to the house – so it’s really not surprising, I guess.
Just chalking it up one more house update we have to make before we can move. Though this will be yet another thing to delay a move. Boo.
I did finally get finish getting the rest of the ruffles sewn on – the lowest one was machine-sewn and the top was hand-sewn.
It’s funny, some of the ruffles I gathered properly, on the machine. One of them I just jammed the fabric under the presser foot to “gather” it. Most of the ones near the bottom are pleated to fit.
It feels SO Card Captor Sakura with those ruffled tiers.
Also glad I didn’t waste money on horsehair. It didn’t need it at all.
Finished painting my shoes, too. And then started handsewing the sequins along the top of the bodice.
This KILLED my hands. My joints were aching by the end of doing one row. So I did one Monday night and one last night.
Tonight and tomorrow I’m stuck until my fabric gets here (expected friday). So tonight I’m going to dismantle Bespin Leia’s tunic. Yay?