sewing
This tag is for random sewing projects - bags, purses, non-costume clothing, theater projects, etc.
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mini muffin monday morning
I got a pack of mini muffins at the grocery saturday to have for breakfast the rest of the week. This morning I wasn’t thinking and brought the entire tray up to my work from home office (instead of bringing 1 or 2). They’re tempting me to eat more than I should. Anyway I actually have some sewing stuff to…
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help me wanda
First off I loved WandaVision. I grew up watching classic tv shows like the Dick Van Dyke show, Bewitched, etc and I loved having that aesthetic mixed in with Marvel. I can’t wait to see how it all unravels. Also, looking forward to WandaVision is the only thing that has held me together for the last few months. I’m glad…
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2021
Welcome to the Monday-est Monday of them all. I’m trying to remain optimistic and put in my Disney and Dragoncon vacation days today. I feel better about Disney than Dragoncon at the moment but I am chugging ahead with all my plans for this year as though they will happen. It’s really almost a repeat of my 2020 plans –…
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the bold and the tired
It’s Monday again. Working overtime Mon-Thurs this week to be off Friday… I think this is my first time doing this since I started working from home? Last year I had a bunch of extra time to burn at the end of the year so I didn’t have to ration my vacation days. Anyway, the past week has been ALL…
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killing it (gently)
GUESS . WHO . FINISHED . THE . JACKET . LAST . NIGHT ! Well ok it’s not 100% finished I still have to do the button holes and buttons and steam it but the worst is over. Well, the worst of the jacket. I still have the terrifying pants to START ON. But before I get into all that…
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I forgot it was monday
I nearly forgot it was Monday and time to make my weekly post! So last week I took a break from working on Chase’s suit – we’d gotten the fabric ordered and it was scheduled to arrive Wednesday, so I took that time to do something fun before diving back into the horror that is men’s tailoring. First set was…
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its monday again
So last week – I think it was Wednesday night – I had a complete and utter breakdown over the pants of Chase’s suit, cried a little bit, and threw the mockup in the trash. The suit pattern I’m using – do you know how many pattern pieces are in the pants alone? About 25. The front pockets are 6…
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a thousand rainy days since we first met
It’s been raining like crazy here the past couple of weeks. Which means it’s been migraine city as the weather shifts back and forth. This weekend was rather uneventful. I mostly worked on Chase’s suit since I was waiting on the new fabric for recutting the top of my dress. New fabric came in Friday but I was on a…
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i am ready for orlando
Another month & a half til vacation but I’m ready to go now. The past few days have been nuts, I’m tired of cold weather, and I want a vacation! Valentine’s Day night, Chase cooked soup for dinner; he found a copycat recipe of Le Cellier’s beer cheese soup and made it. Last time we tried this it made a…
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it’s a very whiny post
Ok this post is going to be whiny! Only because sewing was a pain in the butt this past week and then I had a DISASTER in my sewing room. But as usual let’s start at the beginning. Last Monday we got Kevin’s bed assembled! I’m hoping to paint it (the room not the bed) sooner rather than later. And…
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break out! before you get bum rushed
So guess what! I actually did some sewing over the weekend. Not a lot. And I didn’t take any pictures. So uh… does it count? I’m not sure. Haha. But I’ll get to that in a minute. Ok so first order of business is I saw a news story that The Princess Diaries is getting a 3rd movie. And that…
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shalalalala my oh my
OK! So in my last post I talked about being done with the Little Mermaid costumes! Well, Monday afternoon I rode with mom over to the theater to help add some straps to the mermaid tops – even though the mermaids were all wearing black leotards under the tops they were still having some issues keeping them on and in…
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so many puppy pictures
I hope everybody had a nice thanksgiving! Let’s start off with my overdue Amidala photos. First, a few from the con. Fancy couch (I want one like this) I probably posted this one last week but oh well. And at Overton: “I want to take a picture in that chair” And now on with the show. Monday I finished up…
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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…
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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…
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a gigantic post
Warning you now, I have a ton of photos today. Going to start with probably the least interesting thing. Sims screencaps. And they’re not even screencaps. I literally just took photos of my monitor, because I’m lazy. It never fails that anytime I’m in the final crunch of finishing stuff before a deadline, my brain is like, “Ok, let’s play…
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Glinda!
So mom and I have been working on a simplified version of Glinda’s “Popular” dress from Wicked. I keep saying it’s a theater project, but it’s not really for a play – but it’s for a theater related project. Anyway, we went a few weeks ago and picked out fabric, and mom has been working on the skirt. I’m in…
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Just another picture of my 7 Dwarfs skirt
Ignore the packing going on behind me. I got the hook and eye attached and the sweater I’d been wanting from modcloth came, so I put it all on together. I do wish I had some yellow flats I could add red bows to to wear with it 🙂 Last night I packed all my clothes for the trip which…
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Ren Faire, boredom, and packing
I’ve never had free time in August. It’s so weird. I was actually bored this weekend because I had no costumes to work on. And we had time to go to the Ren Faire Saturday! Unfortunately we totally picked the wrong day today. We were torn between Sat and Sun based on the weather, but Sat ended up working better…
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Monday again
Happy Monday 😛 It was a busy, yet not busy weekend. Friday night I sewed on a skirt I’ve been planning to make for our next Disney trip – just now getting to it. Saturday morning I did an event at our local Bricks & Minifigs store for their 2nd anniverary, it was a lot of fun, they had a…
