(Wakanda Forever spoilers in this post. Just skip this post until you’ve seen the movie if it’s important to you!)
Let’s start off today with some sewing updates.
Last week I finally got the lining and chiffon layers sewn together. It was giving Endora.
Got the sleeve openings tacked together. And I also got the sleeve linings cut.
Saturday I actually got a good amount of work done – I got the outer chiffon layer for the bodice cut, gathered, attached to the silk layer, and then attached the main layer. That basically took all day. And flipping that thing right side out – and then back to fix something – and then flipping it again – and then back to clip the edges – was a pain in the butt. That top point was as sharp as I could get it – I was scared to cut too close to the edges, plus there’s a piece of boning right there so I can only get as pointy as the rounded top of that piece of boning anyway.
I was pretty happy with it when I quit working Saturday night.
So Sunday my goal was to tack down the pleating on the dress in the front and back, and then install an elastic waist to hold that and everything else in place. Well the pleating went fine but trying to install the elastic was a nightmare. Everytime I tried I was catching parts of the chiffon that weren’t supposed to be there. I literally spent all day on this and got nothing done. I think tonight I’m even going to pick out the pleating I had done on the front.
I am thinking if I install the elastic just in the lining layer, then I can individually tack each pleat to it by hand — that might work better. I really don’t know. I need the pleats – especially in the front, to be in a certain place, and not just letting the elastic do the gathering for me. That’s fine on the sides and back but in the front I want them to be evenly spaced and angled to the center.
Maybe tonight I’ll not work on that part at all and instead work on the sleeves. Give myself another day to think about it.
To top all that off, yesterday this cat would NOT let me do anything for more than 20 minutes at a time.
I’d be working upstairs, she’d appear at the top of the stairs, come flop over on me, on top of whatever I was trying to work on. Then try to lead me to the stairs. She literally just wanted me to come lay on the couch with her. When I finally gave in and went down she went running to the couch like I was opening a treat bag for her and immediately snuggled in and fell asleep. This went on all day. When I wouldn’t come downstairs she’d give me a few minutes then try again. I was having to use my mannequin arm to swat her away from the dress while I was working on it sitting on the floor.
I guess maybe she was super needy because it was the first cold weekend and she just wanted to be warm?
Anyway, Friday night we went to see Wakanda Forever. We waited too long to get tickets so we had to get a 10:30 showing, so we went out for a late dinner and did a little shopping.
I got these LED ghosts on clearance at Bed Bath and Beyond for $9. I opened them saturday morning and they were much bigger than I expected! And then I couldn’t figure out how to get them back in the box.
Speaking of, I did finally get all of the halloween stuff packed away (I took it all upstairs a couple of weeks ago) and started getting christmas out. I had really wanted to get the trees down this weekend but couldn’t – more on that later.
Anyway dinner before the movie was meh. Food was meh. Table next to us had kids standing around it most of the time (kids apparently had their own table elsewhere but all wanted to stand around the adult table?), running back and forth to the bathroom, just vaguely irritating. Took forever to get a refill.
Anyway the movie was good, i have some thoughts which are probably pretty spoilery so here’s your cut off point.
SPOILEEEEEEERS
My only real nitpick with the movie is that I loved Shuri’s character arc. Loved it. But then the resolution of it – the ending of the major battle – felt rushed. Felt like we needed another 5-10 minutes or so to truly let it play out between her and Namor and her own grief and anger, and for it to come to a true, satisfying completion. But the movie was already nearly 3 hours long so I can see why – but felt like there was some fat that could’ve been trimmed to give Shuri’s story that time back. Like did we really need the Martin Freeman bits beyond him just pointing them to the scientist? I get they’re probably using those scenes to set up for Thunderbolts but I’d have rather had that time back for Shuri’s emotional journey.
Ayway, the midcredit scene made me cry more than any other part. I usually hate the “baby heals all” trope but in this case it felt earned and right.
END SPOILEEEEEEERS
Anyway interesting how all 3 major MCU releases this year have been about grief.
Chase had inventory this weekend so he got up and left Saturday and Sunday morning like regular work days. Usually Sunday is a half day but he was there til 6-ish Sunday night! We’d planned to deal with leaves in the front yard, I wanted him to help me get down the Christmas trees, but all that was out the window. I went to dinner with Nana and Kristie and he picked up something for himself on the way home.
So now we have to figure out some other time to do leaves. The front yard is covered. (We have to keep up with leaves in the front, HOA). It’s a 2 person job and it’s dark by the time he gets home on weekdays currently. I guess we may be doing them in the dark this week.