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GUESS WHAT
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…
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in which I think about dragoncon
Didn’t get a whole lot done last night. Well maybe kinda. Finished painting my shoes, got the lowest ruffle sewn on. Got the sequins sewn onto the straps and got the first line of sequins sewn across the top of the bodice. Had to handsew those so it took a little longer – I have to do one more line…
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i’m not thinking up a title today
OMG I am so tired. Friday I stopped and got more pink thread on my way home, and Friday night I finished sewing the sequins onto all my ruffles. Saturday we had errands to run and Ash came with us down to Joann. I found new TFA Leia underdress fabric. Then we went next door to Toys R Us and…
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this week
Guess who ruined more fabric with dye and is going to have to go buy more fabric again? I have no idea what happened. This was the weirdest dye experience I’ve ever had. I’d done tests on this fabric and they’d all turned out fine. I staggered the dyeing — a few panels of the dress in for 10 minutes,…
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productive weekend was productive
It was a really good work weekend! I got a lot done! Instead of going in order I’m going to go by project… Friday night started off with another round of dye on the TFA Leia linen. Saturday I decided to go one step darker and one step more saturated which really helped. I’m like, 90% happy with it so…
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Ruffles
Today has been weird. Early this morning somebody in one of the offices in our building was WAILING… came out in the hallway just sobbing. Crying went on for several minutes. It was unsettling and got my hackles up. Obviously something awful happened. I brought a change of clothes with me to work – because I cannot get myself up…
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what’s up
I don’t have a lot to post about this weekend. Sewing-wise, I was mostly working on a commission if I was in my sewing room and I don’t have anything to show of that. I did finally get my linen cut and dyed — Nice colour fresh out, but it dried much lighter — but it’s a good base so…
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Pink satin, Misato and Luna
I got my Misato pics uploaded! This is now officially the oldest costume we’ve shot on the white backdrop – beating out Lum by a couple of months. Like I said in the last post, I shot with my natural tone wig first. And then switched to the original purple wig. I decided to wear these black combat boots from…
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Happy 4th
Hi everybody! I’m back from my four day weekend. Did I do everything on that to-do list? HA. Of course not. The point of a to-do list is to look back and see everything you DIDN’T do. But I’ll get to all that. As usual, let’s start at the beginning… Friday night I picked up Kevin and we ran to…
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To-Do List
My to-do list for this (4 day!) weekend: Bespin Leia: -Repleat the front so the front embroidery shows better -take tunic apart, take up, shorten, sewing trim back on Pink thing: -Get bodice lining pieces cut -Get bodice basically put together -Make panniers -Get skirt panels put together -Start piecing out organza Mon Mothma: -Do embroidery floss through braid pieces…
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Anime Expo Memories
This weekend is Anime Expo!! And I’m not going so I don’t know why that warranted two exclamation points. We went to Anime Expo once, in 2003. The way Ash and I managed that was that we talked our parents into doing it as a family vacation. We flew out to LA on… Wednesday I think? And on Thursday we…
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wigs and dye and spider
Ugh… so over a year ago — almost two years ago now — I voluntarily changed my work schedule so I could be home earlier in the day but it meant getting up earlier. It was hard at first to get up an hour earlier than I normally did, but I figured I’d adjust. I have never adjusted. Every morning…
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Sunday
This is also some non-Sunday stuff, but it’s mostly Sunday. I spent the morning being lazy because I was so tired (and sore) from Saturday. Chase actually got out and did some yard work. Then we went and had lunch, picked up stuff for dinner, ran some of dad’s equipment out to him (we loaded up in both our cars…
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Sgt Pepper!
This will be a two parter today, I’ll separate out costume and art stuff so this post isn’t quite so massive. So last week/this weekend was very busy while we were getting ready and finishing things up for the Sgt Pepper show. Friday night took a break to watch the RPDR finale (Yay!) then back at it – Saturday morning…
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anime fanart, art, Blog, costumes, lord of the rings fanart, misc fanart, star wars fanart, sundowner
A giant art post
Yes it’s a huge art dump. Well huge by today’s standards, not so much by like… me circa 2001 standards. First up is a Amidala picture I’ve been working on for a while… I got bored after I finished the face so I’d do just a little bit each day because I didn’t really feel like doing the rest LOL…
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what a weekend
So it was a weird weekend. I didn’t get much done, costume-wise. I had Friday off. Luna was SHOCKED when I walked out of the bedroom at 9AM. Like, “Wtf are you doing here?!” “Seriously go away you are ruining my groove.” Friday I went swimming and finally got to break in my new WW swimsuit. The top could use…
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A meme
because it’s been a loooooooooooooong day and I’m bored. Name 4 cosplays you’ve done: I’m going to try to name as many costumes as possible while only using 4 names. 1. Princess Leia (19) 2. Padme (11) 3. Belle (9) 4. Donna Noble (6) Got 45 costumes just out of those 4 names LOL God that sounds obsessive. Name 4…
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a dye test
Last night I re-did Mon Mothma’s sleeves because I realized I’d done them a little wrong – thankfully nothing difficult to fix. I don’t feel like figuring out the necklace thingie D: I am lazy. I don’t want to do any crafting. I just want to sew. NO CRAFT ONLY SEW So since I didn’t feel like messing with that…
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Happy Monday!
Hey I have apparently never called a post “Happy Monday” before, so I got that going for me, which is nice. Started off the weekend with a bang when I broke a crown eating lunch on friday. I’ve already had so much dental work this year and so much more to come that it’s just like, piling on. At least…
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Swatch Watch 2017
Have my swatches arrived? Maybe one day I’ll get to do this costume….
