I finished my Queen Aelsa dress this weekend! Finished all the hemming, and I did a little beading along the shoulders and top edges of the sleeve openings. I also finished adding all of the extra wefts to my wig - now I need to braid it and it's ready. Still got armor to make and horns + ears to buy. But not a lot left; it'll be done well before ...
1. Dress Progress! I got the underdress totally hemmed night before last. Last night I got the other sleeve put in, and started hemming the chiffon. Mom gave me the idea to do a very small, tight zig-zag along the edge. I tested it out on some scraps and liked it. I started at the very back where I had some excess, so I could trim it off if I didn't ...
I had enough chiffon for the whole Aelsa dress!!!!!!!!!AHHHHHHH Thank goodness. First off I have to say, I think this is the sloppiest thing I've made in years. It did not help that I didn't have enough fabric and had to kinda piece the whole under-dress together, and then I think lining it in a very stretchy thin fabric when my bodice isn't stretchy didn't help - the lining ...
Floors are done! He had to come back for a bit this morning to finish the transitions between the carpeted areas and the new floor. Now to spend the next couple of days putting everything back together. Here's Luna playing in the hall last night. She is having a hard time getting adjusted to slippery floors LOL In sewing news, I got the lining of the dress put together and ...
The installer was at the house all day yesterday and got the hallway nearly done, the kitchen and living room nearly done! Here's the hallway around noon yesterday. He still has to go back and do a small strip along the left side of the wall, the area in front of bedroom door and the entryway. Then the quarter round everywhere. Here's the living room. It looks really dark in ...
This week through Sunday we are getting the house ready for the new floor! I started packing up stuff on shelves last night, and Chase started experimenting with pulling up the carpet in the hallway. I took some before pictures (even though I already took down a lot of knick-knacks): The flooring will be here on Thursday, and has to acclimate to our house, so Chase wants to get the ...
I did a bit of sewing on Queen Aelsa Saturday night. After cutting the bodice sections of white stretch knit, I realized the colours were going to look too different once I had the chiffon overlay on. So I managed to scrounge enough of the silver velvet to cut most of the bodice pieces out of it - couldn't manage the back section, but that will be hidden by hair. ...
(Not the bra. That's just there because my new dressform is shy.) I made a kinda hippie looking silver velvet skirt. Well I got it cut out and pinned together anyway. It's actually a white velvet with some silver flecking on the top. It's pretty in person. Not that it matters - this is only an under-dress. I only had enough of this silver-y satin for the skirt portion. The ...