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Other updates
Because I forgot in the last post. Also I finally added a tag for the pink dress – it’s “Pink dream dress” because last year I dreamed about this dress and it’s why I wanted to make it. I haven’t been tagging the posts because I didn’t know what to call it til now! And wait… hold on… Joann Fabrics…
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Pink everywhere
So since my last post I’ve painted my whole underskirt! I’m like 70% good with it, I kinda wish I’d done a few more smaller things to make it look fuller but then I might think it looks crowded so who knows. I really hate painting so I don’t know why I decide to do things like this. I liked…
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work work work
This week I’ve been working 7-4 instead of 8-5, my boss said I could try that out and it’s been giving me an extra hour of time to sew each day. Yesterday though, I skipped my lunch hour and went home at 3. It made the night soooooo long. Like by 8:10 I was looking at my phone thinking it…
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arggh
It’s just one thing after another. I finally got the skirt fixed and then the bodice wasn’t fitting right. I had to tinker with it over and over again the past couple of nights trying to get it to fit. Finally had to cut open the back interior and insert some elastic so it has some give. Thankfully my velvet…
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The Zombie Apocalypse
This morning I was awakened by a loud thunderstorm. Lots of wind, thunder, rain. I love cuddling back up into bed with storm going on, so I was happy. But the weird thing was, just last night I had checked the weather app to look at this week’s weather to see if there was any rain in the forecast –…
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Whatever
I have been struggling for two months to come up with 12 costumes I want to take to Dragoncon. I’ve been having a hard time whittling down the list to make it be 12. Today I decide to f— it. I’m taking all of them. With this possibly being our last Dragoncon, why should I limit myself? I may not…
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Finally
I finally turned a corner with the pink dress. Thursday night, Friday night and half the day Saturday I spent wrestling with the skirt lining. The pattern doesn’t call for a full lining, but I wanted one because I’m bustling it and the underside will more than likely show. SOMEHOW my front lining panels were two inches too short horizontally.…
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Crazy weather
Yesterday around 4:30 I heard my boss and coworker talking about how dark it was outside, I peeked my head around the corner and it was pitch black out, like it was midnight! Right after that the rain and wind started, it was like we were in a hurricane. By the time I left at 5 it was only raining…
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I’m not dead yet
I’m still here, arm’s still intact. Just been involved in the flickr to smugmug move during the day and sewing at night so I haven’t really had a chance to do much updating. Also really haven’t had much to post. I’ve been struggling with the pink dress and feeling stymied by it almost every day. I went to dye my…
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yikes
What was my last update? I can’t even remember. I worked like crazy all weekend. I got both Captain Marvel and Leia 95% finished. The only thing I need to do on Captain Marvel is finish my brooch (I’ve got the pieces made, just need to glue them together and paint them) and the gloves. after making the gloves for…
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Various things
More Captain Marvel progress. I got my boots finished! I simplified them a bit and all together it ended being quicker and easier than I expected. They are comfy, too. And here’s the suit so far. With one boot. Last night I also unpicked the top-stitching on the sash and redid it. Looks much better. That took a while to…
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Been a few days…
It’s been a few days since I posted! I’ve been busy. First off, I’m moving all of my photos from flickr to smugmug. Not deleting my flickr account just yet, since that would break ALL of the pictures on my blog … but I’m getting everything moved over and set up so I can then start working on updating everything…
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Just keep beading
Friday night I transferred the design to the cape, got the stitching done, and started beading. Saturday I beaded a whole lot more. Sunday I just kept beading. I got the interior pieces done — I ALMOST got the outside band done. I would have finished it last night! But got my work cut off by a half hour. Tonight…
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More Donna
Yet another warning that it doesn’t fit my dressform. Like, at all. I need to adjust the settings on it! I got the belt made on my lunch hour yesterday, and got the beads sewn on last night. Tonight I’ll stitch it into place. I got the cape piece made last night and did the decorative stitching around the edges.…
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yaaaaay
It’s wearable! Ignore the ironing board and call-of-duty-playing husband! It looks a little too long in the photo but it’s just the angle – the bottom hem hits me right below the knee. I had a frustrating time installing the lining but I got it in and finished and top stitched. After this picture I pressed the lower hem. Didn’t…
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Cosplay Questions
cosplay questions… everybody’s favourite… my favourite to blog and everybody else’s favourite to skip reading! 1. One of your best cosplay memories? I know it says “one of” but here’s a few… my first DragonCon (mind blowing!), Disney group with my best friends/meeting Chase in 2005, almost running into Stan Lee in 2010 then him giving me a hug in…
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It’s doooooone
Well the front is. I finished it last night! I finished the upper bar – which took a little longer than I expected – and got the diamond shape beads attached. (I ended up having to buy crystal beads for those pieces because I couldn’t find anything in gold/brass, and Chase painted them for me. They’re a little longer and…
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Holiday weekend
I REALLY buckled down and dug into the Donna dress over the weekend. Thursday night I got the last of the beading and embroidery on the “middle” part finished (the lower skirt half above the big triangles). Friday I tackled the big triangles. I broke out the “light table” again (using a light underneath our glass coffee table) and with…
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The daily update
I’m plowing through this. I’d say I’d be done with that main section tonight but Chase wants to go see a movie!! So tomorrow, I guess. I’m going to try an experiment with some leftover gold material and see if I can just get away with sewing it behind this black material – maybe at certain angles and with a…
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Donna progress
Went home early with my migraine yesterday and laid down for a bit; then woke up and did some beading. Pinned it on the dressform for a better pic but I didn’t pin it as well as I did last time, so it’s not a very good pic. (I need to fix the size settings on the new dressform, too.)
