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 post this week. First up, Chase's Chip jacket is mostly finished: I ...
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 I liked it LOL. Second... it's another week with no ...
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 - I need to finish Jean's skant for Huntsville Expo in April, ...
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 JACKET ALL THE TIME! What jacket, you may ask? Because ...
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 let's do the usual rewind back into last week. Even though most of what was happening last week ...
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 some Avengers ears! Originally I was going to do a ...
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 pieces each. 12 pieces all together just for the pockets. WTF. It was ...
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 good roll with the suit so I didn't pause to ...
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 HUUUUUGE amount and it wasn't great. But this time it ...
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 get some curtains up in there - his room is ...