I dug in last night and finished it. Well, almost, I'm going to recurl a couple of pieces tonight, but I'm calling it quits otherwise. Also, check out the snazzy new wig-working space I have, LOL. I was tired of having to work in the kitchen - our kitchen counters were the only place in the house that my wig stand clamp would fit on. So Chase added a small ...
Wow two posts on the costume in one day. I went home for lunch and experimented with tacking the pleats down. I don't care for the "pucker" it creates but it does keep the pleats closer to the body, so it may be a tradoff I can live with.
I've got 3 more nights to work -- I've got to finish the wig, and finish tacking down the pleats. And paint my medallions and get them attached. I'm tackling the wig tonight - I'm hoping to FINISH it tonight, fingers crossed. Then Tuesday and Wednesday, tacking pleats, washing and restyling my Belle wig, and fixing one thing on Belldandy. Thursday: run errands, pack. I worked on it nearly all weekend. ...
My fav aspect of Disney's Hercules has always been the character design. Here's a great link of Gerald Scarfe's awesome concept character designs for the movie.
If I EVER say I want to do something with pleats EVER again, please slap me.
So I finally feel like I make some headway on Meg. I finally figured out the pleats - but I stopped working on them and focused on other parts of the costume. I started working on the sashes: I cut the base out of some really nice lavender satin I had in my sash, then layered the chiffon on top. Of note, the lighting in these pictures is horrible. One ...
Argh. I feel like I've basically gotten nothing done last night.... I started sewing down pleats again last night after starting over.... and I got through four of them when I, again, decided I didn't like how they looked. So I ripped them out. And this is officially the last time I can do that, the fabric is starting to look worse for the wear for me doing this multiple ...
To-Do List: Meg: Finish pleats. I started over. Ugh. Be done with this by Saturday evening. Sew in wig wefts. Create foam base for ponytail, sew it in place. Sew in ponytails/ curl. Get the bangs sprayed up the way I want. <- finish wig by next sunday Insert interior support system for dress/attach straps <- finish by this sunday Hem chiffon outer layer embroider sash fabric ...
A lot of thoughts, discussions, and purchases this weekend. Here's a breakdown of everything I have going on. 1. Meg - still sewing pleats. Good grief. I took my dress, my pins, needle & thread, scissors and my ironing board and dressform to my grandma's this weekend. I got out of my car and warned her, "You're going to think I'm crazy when you see all that I've brought," and she ...
Last night I pulled out my Meg wig stuff and started playing with it to get ideas. Just slapped together to see how everything is looking. I need to sew my wefts into the wig cap before I actually do anything - the wig I got wasn't made for up-dos, so I need to add some extra hair to cover up the places that aren't working. Then I'm going to ...