I gave up on waiting on the rest of the appliques for the neckline. I pulled off the few I had on there, went to Hancock's yesterday morning and bought some trim. But let's start at the beginning. Friday I finished my corset. Saturday I ran out to Joann's since I had a gift card I needed fabric for my surprise costume. Got all that, came home and worked on ...
So remember yesterday how I said I "might" make a new corset? Well I made one last night. All scraps and stuff I already had: Some white cotton scraps for the lining, my leftover Haunted Mansion wallpaper for the outer layer. I had the boning, got the busk out of my old corset, and all the edging I had (which is why the corset is in white and the tabs ...
Well, I have pictures, but I didn't get a thing done last night, except for trying it on, realizing my back panel didn't fit right and needs to be remade, getting my undersleeves pinned into place, and discovering I hate my corset. Onto pics! So yeah, the dress fits me MUCH differently than the dressform, so the back panel I made doesn't fit right once it's on me. So Chase ...
It's been a shitty past couple of days. That being said, I'm beyond frustrated with a couple of sellers. I bought two things on June 30th - some appliques from an ebay seller for the neckline on Anne, which you've all seen me complain about lately, and then also some buttons from an etsy seller on the same day. I haven't received either of them. I just thought of the ...
I didn't get a ton done this weekend. I was pretty lazy. I missed around with Marie Antoinette, getting her cleaned up for Dragoncon. I'm wanting to walk in the parade in her this year, so I played around with ways to bustle it. This is what I ended up with: I sewed the ribbons on last night for that, so that part is all set. I'm shopping for a ...
Last night I sat down and pleated the skirt, finally. Cartridge pleated it, then had to handsew it to the bodice. It was too thick to go through the machine. I'll probably go back over it again a few times just to be safe. Tonight, I'm going to fray-check EVERYTHING. Even with all the edges finished I'm still getting little "fluffs" of fray along the inside seams. Then... ah, clean ...
I can't believe it's 2014. This will be my 13th DragonCon. It seems like just yesterday I was getting ready for my first one in 2002. But, here's some things I'm thinking of bringing: It's already kinda out of date since I made it. Here's some thoughts and updates. Anne Boleyn - from "Anne of the Thousand Days." This is almost finished! Read up on my progress here. Donna Noble - ...
I didn't update yesterday because I really didn't have much to talk about. I finished off the other sleeve, and I got the neckline trim made. Last night I got it attached and repleated the skirt. TheN I tried everything on! I was going to pin the sleeves on but it was too difficult once I had everything on, so they're just tucked in (and kept slipping down, hence my ...
I spent pretty much the entire weekend on the sleeves. I cut off the old pearls, and went back and reinforced each slash with some extra stabilizer. Then I started on the pearls. I watched a LOT of netflix. Last night, I threw it back on the undersleeve and pinned it on to see how it was looking: There's still a few wobbly ones but not as bad as the ...
Yesterday I had a dr's appt, which took TWO HOURS just for a freaking refill and pretty much wasted me for the rest of the day. But, I did get a little bit done. I dyed my undersleeve fabric: I really like how it turned out. I just put it in a tiny bit of "pearl grey." Some of my reference pictures it looks blue, but the straight-up screencaps looked ...