Well on the good news side, my spoonflower fabric decided it'd had enough of vacationing in the north and is finally at the local post office. Whew! Next, I dug in and got the yoke pieces sewn together and attached. They weren't attached yet here, just sewn together: I ended up having to make a small extension for the back. If I wanted the pleats to look as tight as ...
Last night I finally got into the groove of pleating those yoke pieces and actually knocked out the last two pieces. HOORAY! But I don't have a picture of it. Instead I'm just here to update you on my spoonflower fabric's journey across the United States. Yesterday it left Wisconsin and arrived in Cleveland, OH in the afternoon. It left Cleveland last night, so who knows where it will show ...
My spoonflower fabric was supposed to be here yesterday but apparently decided to take a detour and go to Wisconsin instead. The wrong end of the country. So since I didn't get to work on my shirt last night, back to Edith. Got the other side of the yoke piece finished. It's just pinned on at the moment and I haven't trimmed it to match the other side yet. Two ...
Friday night and Saturday day I did my best to sew as much as possible. I did finally conquer the dress portion of the costume: I got the top portion cartridge pleated and then sewn onto my yoke piece. I had to go back and fix some problems on the yoke that were causing a fit issue - that took up a bulk of my afternoon. While I got that ...
I have not felt like working on Edith at all, but on Tuesday I had a major freak out when I realized it was only 3 weeks til we leave for the con. AHHH! So much left to do!! So I started jumping into the other stuff I needed to make for the trip, but that would be quicker. Last weekend I bought some new fabric to make a new Luke ...
Had a fun and busy weekend. We went up to Jackson Friday night to stay with my grandparents, had dinner at Cracker Barrel and drove Mema crazy with Snapchat. Catty Bob Saturday morning we did a bit of shopping. I got some fabric. Then it was time to head over to the ballpark for Star Wars night. The weather cleared up and we had a great turnout. So many little ...
Past couple of days I've struggled with finding the energy to sew in general, plus just being a little stymied by not knowing where to go first on this costume. I haven't been able to really wrap my head around, nor I have I felt like trying. But I finally got a plan of attack in place and decided I really needed to focus on the yoke base/sleeves first, ...
I finaaaaaaaally took scissors to fabric on my Edith costume. I've literally had the wig sitting in my sewing room since October last year. I had a little extra money from a bonus so I went ahead and bought the wig, thinking I'd get the costume done between Dec-Jan for MidSouthcon, but I didn't even buy the fabric until January... and then I didn't touch it til this past weekend. (...
Got the last two sets uploaded - Ozma and Ame-Comi Wonder Woman! Really happy with how Ozma turned out. I really like how the new fluffy Anna Valerious wig looks with this costume, as opposed to the flatter, straighter wig I always used for it. And... the wand. As I mentioned in an earlier post, my Ozma wand was missing, and I knew where-ever it was, it was broken on ...
When UPS says your package will arrive 4/14, hands off to USPS on 4/13 and they scan it twice but it never shows up USPS THIS IS WHY NOBODY LIKES YOU Anyway, I got a couple more sets of the new photos uploaded... Bespin Escape Leia! Nice to mark this one off the list - now I just have one more Leia costume to shoot on the backdrop, the 70s Doll Poncho ...