First up, I got contacts!! Well, almost. Had my eye doctor appointment Saturday and asked if contacts were possible with my RX. He said yes, but -- they couldn't really do a lot for my up close reading, they'd have to prioritize my astigmatism over that, but it would be enough to give me a break from wearing the glasses, which is what I want. I get SO irritated with ...
Well I was really hoping to say Troi was finished in my post today - at least, the dress was finished - but alas. I'm CLOSE. Here she is as of Wednesday. I got the waistband on and the skirt attached. And yesterday afternoon. I spent most of Saturday morning getting the cuffs added to the sleeves, and the zippers installed. I had bought invisible zippers on Amazon (a pack ...
Hello and welcome back to my blog Look I'm kinda ticked off that I spent a LONG TIME working on my Troi costume this past week and I have one photo to show for it. One. UGH I spent most of last week working on the neckband. It was a comedy of errors. First I had to wait on that interfacing to arrive. Got the interfacing cut and went to ...
Hey I've got real costume progress to show yall today! First, I decided early last week I wanted to dye my Troi fabric. It was just too bright. Thankfully I had a bottle of graphite. I came up with a formula and did some tests. Bottom fabric is the original undyed. I had to do it in batches because it was too much fabric for my pot to do all ...
Well hi. I do actually have costume updates this week. But first let's get everything else out of the way. 4.5 weeks post-surgery -- I feel like 99.9% normal. Remember just a week ago I said crawling around on my sewing room floor to work on costumes left me sore so I needed to take it slower? Well I did take it slower, but I spent a good bit of time crawling ...
Week 2 of post-surgery life continues much like last week. On Friday I felt like I'd be well enough to go back up to my WFH office and sit at my desk like normal but then I felt kinda icky all weekend so I'm back down on the couch again. Post-op was thursday and she said all looked good. She asked if I'd seen my lab reports - I saw that ...
I really don't have much of anything at all to share this week, I almost was like, nah no reason to post this week, I'll save the handful of things I have for next week's post. But I figured I ought to check in before the surgery later this week. I'm SO excited. Not for like surgery but just for the end result. And less anxious than I normally am ...
I'm sorry yall, I still have nothing to post about this week LOL. But I am trying to get back into the habit of my Monday morning postings. A few costume-y notes - got another set of swatches for Troi. One I like ok, I think it looks fairly close to how the dress looks on screen, but it doesn't really look like the auction photos. The Auction photos are ...
I did not post last week... AGAIN! Well I didn't have much to talk about so it's not like anyone was missing anything. I've been having to go to the doctor every dang week, excluding the week to disney, and it's really starting to fray my nerves. They're trying to get my blood pressure under control before surgery later this month and checking in and tweaking things weekly. Now this ...
Finally! Ok as usual let's start with what I SAID I wanted to make in 2024 at the end of 2023, and see how I did: 1. Honeymoon Leia - YES! This was kind of a given considering it was mostly done when I made this list in December 2023. 2. Star Wars Cruise Dress - YES! Turned out so cute! 3. Baylan and Shin - YES! Though I still need to drag Chase in front ...