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More Donna progress
Discovered rifftrax was on hulu last night so I got a good bit done. Unfortunately, those straight line stitches at the top I wanted to take out? Half-way through removing the first one I realized it was damaging the fabric. UGH! So I stopped and left what was there and just went over the top of it with my embroidery…
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Progress YAY
I never did come back with a picture of the wig because I forgot to take one. So I took one this morning. I need to brush the wig out really well. It has been manhandled a lot recently so I need to get it looking nice again. I’ll probably rebraid the front, too, and I’m going to find some…
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Costume Stuff
Breaking today’s post up into 2 posts because my car post got a little long. I got a decent amount of work done this weekend! First off, on Friday, I had the sudden realization that I had my dates for Memphis Comic Expo mixed up. I thought I had 2 weeks to finish my costume. Turns out it’s NEXT weekend.…
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A new car! *cheer*
I spent Saturday buying a car! I was hoping I still had my blog post here about buying the bug back in 2003, but apparently it was on my regular blogger site, which I don’t think I ported over to this (I still have them all… somewhere). The MX3 had died and I bought a brand new Beetle — apparently…
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A few decisions
So, with all of the craziness of this week (I had to go pick jury duty dates yesterday morning. SO LOVELY after having my grandfather’s funeral the day before. F jury duty.) I ended up making some decisions about my projects for this summer. I’m pretty sure both of the big projects are out the door. The Georgian dress is…
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Papa
My grandpa, Papa (“Pawpaw”) passed away early Sunday morning. Been keeping myself busy and the family has been together pretty much nonstop, so that’s been good. Back at work today, which is harder than I expected.
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More elf stuff
Since I’m done with Janet Snakehole, I went back to work on the Aelsa costume! I picked up some stretch satin last weekend and got my gloves made this week. I did some decorative embroidery stitch from one of the sewing machines along the front part, and some beading along the front edge. I just need to add the finger…
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One costume down!!
I finished the dress!! That’s one DragonCon costume down! Of course I STILL have not decided what all I’m making this year. I’m not totally feeling the two “big” costumes I was thinking of choosing between. Sigh. More on that later. I think my neck/collar ended up sitting a little lower than the real thing, but I think it’s cute…
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More progress
I forgot I had this pic – here’s my wig for Queen Aelsa: I’ve gotten the two wigs sewn together, now I need to style it and add the decorations. Last night, I got my hem top-stitched, put the zipper in, and got the sleeves made and attached: Tonight, I get to figure out the collar. I don’t think it…
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Dragoncon progress
I finally got started on a Dragoncon project!! Yes, the white elf dress I’m working on is also for Dragoncon – but I’m hoping to debut it at Memphis Comics Expo next month. So technically, it’s not a Dragoncon costume. I’m doing a Janet Snakehole/April Ludgate costume for fun. Easy comfy nighttime costume, and mostly made of stuff I already…
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Dress is finished
I finished my Queen Aelsa dress this weekend! Finished all the hemming, and I did a little beading along the shoulders and top edges of the sleeve openings. I also finished adding all of the extra wefts to my wig – now I need to braid it and it’s ready. Still got armor to make and horns + ears to…
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FAQ Friday: Body Paint, Part 2
So, I did a post on Body Paint a while back, but it was basically an overview of things I’d tried in the past, and what I do now. I thought for today’s FAQ Friday, I’d go into a little more detail about my process. 1. Ben Nye As I mentioned in the last post, I use Ben Nye Magicake…
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A few more Jackson Generals pics
Chase gave me his pics! Man I love how my Amidala costume looks from the back. As I mentioned elsewhere I’m amazed at how this costume has stood the test of time. If I’d left the edges of the petals unfinished, closer to how the actual dress looks, it would have long since frayed into oblivion… the serged petals are…
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Craziness
Let’s start on Friday. Friday after work, we loaded up the car with costumes and Kevins and drove up to my grandparent’s house in Jackson. Had a quick dinner with them (which Kevin enjoyed because he got spaghetti) then back home for the evening. Saturday we got up, went and had breakfast, did a little running around. The bookstore up…
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A few things
1. Dress Progress! I got the underdress totally hemmed night before last. Last night I got the other sleeve put in, and started hemming the chiffon. Mom gave me the idea to do a very small, tight zig-zag along the edge. I tested it out on some scraps and liked it. I started at the very back where I had…
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Dress stuff
I had enough chiffon for the whole Aelsa dress!!!!!!!!!AHHHHHHH Thank goodness. First off I have to say, I think this is the sloppiest thing I’ve made in years. It did not help that I didn’t have enough fabric and had to kinda piece the whole under-dress together, and then I think lining it in a very stretchy thin fabric when…
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Finished floors!
Saturday morning, while Chase was off shooting stuff for a documentary he’s working on, I put the house back together and got everything cleaned up. It took forever! I didn’t take pictures until that evening when the sun was already heading down, so these pics aren’t the best, but… Before: After: Kitchen Before: After: Living Room before: After: I need…
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All floors, all costumes, all the time
Floors are done! He had to come back for a bit this morning to finish the transitions between the carpeted areas and the new floor. Now to spend the next couple of days putting everything back together. Here’s Luna playing in the hall last night. She is having a hard time getting adjusted to slippery floors LOL In sewing news,…
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Yay Floors!
The installer was at the house all day yesterday and got the hallway nearly done, the kitchen and living room nearly done! Here’s the hallway around noon yesterday. He still has to go back and do a small strip along the left side of the wall, the area in front of bedroom door and the entryway. Then the quarter round…
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Curating
I like putting things in order. I like organizing my DVDs but theme and then by colour. This isn’t like some people, “teehee I like things in order I’m so OCD” — I do have some obsessive-compulsive tendencies, which I won’t go into! I don’t consider organizing like this part of that – I call it “curating.” And that’s what…
