So yesterday I got the other sleeve finished off, and finished making my main trim. I put some chiffon and leftover silk on the dress to see if I liked the idea of doing a kerchief or a belt. I dunno. I'll have to wait and see when I get closer to being done, I guess. Rest of my underskirt fabric slated to be here tomorrow. Since Chase was cutting ...
So Monday after work I drove up to my grandparents' and met them for dinner. My grandma had already gone and gotten my fabric for me! So that was really nice, I got my fabric and dinner with my grandparents and a little sewing break. So since my last update I've installed the hook and eye closures in the front -- I always expect to fix like, half of them ...
Because I forgot in the last post. Also I finally added a tag for the pink dress - it's "Pink dream dress" because last year I dreamed about this dress and it's why I wanted to make it. I haven't been tagging the posts because I didn't know what to call it til now! And wait... hold on... Joann Fabrics has a 1 yd and 3/4 and they're holding it for me ...
So since my last post I've painted my whole underskirt! I'm like 70% good with it, I kinda wish I'd done a few more smaller things to make it look fuller but then I might think it looks crowded so who knows. I really hate painting so I don't know why I decide to do things like this. I liked the fabric paints I used, though they dried WAY too fast ...
This week I've been working 7-4 instead of 8-5, my boss said I could try that out and it's been giving me an extra hour of time to sew each day. Yesterday though, I skipped my lunch hour and went home at 3. It made the night soooooo long. Like by 8:10 I was looking at my phone thinking it was 9:30 and time to quit sewing for the night. I was like, ...
It's just one thing after another. I finally got the skirt fixed and then the bodice wasn't fitting right. I had to tinker with it over and over again the past couple of nights trying to get it to fit. Finally had to cut open the back interior and insert some elastic so it has some give. Thankfully my velvet back piece was a little big so it had some ...
I have been struggling for two months to come up with 12 costumes I want to take to Dragoncon. I've been having a hard time whittling down the list to make it be 12. Today I decide to f--- it. I'm taking all of them. With this possibly being our last Dragoncon, why should I limit myself? I may not wear all of them, but they'll all come with me and have ...
I finally turned a corner with the pink dress. Thursday night, Friday night and half the day Saturday I spent wrestling with the skirt lining. The pattern doesn't call for a full lining, but I wanted one because I'm bustling it and the underside will more than likely show. SOMEHOW my front lining panels were two inches too short horizontally. My side back panels were two inches too short VERTICALLY.... ...
Yesterday around 4:30 I heard my boss and coworker talking about how dark it was outside, I peeked my head around the corner and it was pitch black out, like it was midnight! Right after that the rain and wind started, it was like we were in a hurricane. By the time I left at 5 it was only raining a bit, but it had rained so much in that space of ...
I'm still here, arm's still intact. Just been involved in the flickr to smugmug move during the day and sewing at night so I haven't really had a chance to do much updating. Also really haven't had much to post. I've been struggling with the pink dress and feeling stymied by it almost every day. I went to dye my silk for the underskirt and it did not turn out ...