2017 Year in Review

It's that time of the year again... time to see what I accomplished this year, what I didn't get to, and what I did instead of doing the things I said I was going to do. So last year I said my goals for 2017 were: 1. Georgian Belle – as I said above, finish it up for Visioncon. Did I?! Not really. I redid the wig, twice - once for Visioncon, and ...

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the nun is done

Finished up the last bit of the nun and delivered yesterday. Fingers crossed everything fits and works ok! Chase was a very good sport and tried it all on for me so I could make sure the veil attachment worked and double check my sleeve and hem measurements. I had to take it with me to play practice to finish the hand-sewing on the veil. I finished while sitting in ...

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The Nun Abides

Spent the last week going to play practice, having a migraine, and working on the nun. The robe isn't much to look at. Followed the pattern exactly for this -- I did make it a little bigger because I'd rather work down than have it be too small. This is a really thin black satin and I there are times it's almost leather-like, especially when interfaced, so I think that's ...

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kevin & kes & a nun

Last week was nuts. We had Kes starting Saturday and Kevin starting tuesday. I was working overtime plus having to go after work to check on this or that meant I wasn't getting home most nights until 6-6:30. So I was totally exhausted every single night. I was working overtime so I could be off on Friday -- spent the day helping Kristie with her book stuff, went out to ...

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