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blah
LOL I have apparently already had 10 other posts named “Blah.” This is “blah 11.” I am almost done with everything. Should be finished up this weekend… in fact everything is looking good enough that I’m switching my days off around. I’d originally put down I’d be off next Thursday and Friday (even though we aren’t leaving til Friday). I’d…
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Dragon Con Thoughts
So as I’ve mentioned I won’t be there Thursday – we aren’t coming in until Friday morning, we’ll probably get into town around 1 and after getting to the room, getting our badges – probably won’t be “done” and ready to actually do stuff til like 3 probably. At the moment, here’s what I’m definitely bringing: The Pink Thing Mon…
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turn around bright eyes
I’m not off work today unlike my entire family so I’ll be watching the eclipse from the parking lot at work. And I don’t have any glasses or anything so I won’t actually see the eclipse. I do have some welding glass but according to what I’ve read it’s not dark enough. And I also forgot to get new breakfast…
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ugggggggggh
I have had an on and off again migraine for an entire week now. Rain keeps moving in/weather keeps shifting and it keeps making it flare up again. This is frustrating. I really don’t have anything to share today. All of my progress pics are secret for the moment because they would give away what the pink thing is. I’ll…
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i need a nap and pizza
Everything is back to normal in our house. Luna is no longer in hiding. We will try again after Dragon Con. I was just exhausted yesterday and ended up with another flipping migraine. Still got a decent amount of work done on the hat. Can’t show any photos tho. Sorrrrrrrry. I bought some big pearls for this project and can’t…
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rock and roll
So this weekend was…strange. Thursday I had a hair appointment after work — to get my Mon Mothma wig trimmed! This was the before. I didn’t think to take an after. He cut a lot off to thin it out! Looks much better! And also my ribbon for the white medieval dress came in: So pretty! I got some more…
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a big white marshmallow
Got home from work yesterday and discovered that my fabric from Dharma for my 4th dragoncon costume had arrived! I got 10 yds of their “Essex” cotton/linen blend. It’s really nice, I was really happy with it! Night before last I’d gotten all my pattern pieces out and ready so after dinner I got all the pieces cut out pretty…
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whooooooooa
Hi! First up is the great news that my international shipment of stuff for the Pink Thing IS IN THE US!! It went through customs yesterday!! The projected delivery date was 8/8-8/22 and 8/22 was pushing it WAY too late so I’m so relieved that it’s here in the states and hopefully will start moving my way later today/tomorrow. I…
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shiny sequence gown
I’ve spent the past few days working on the sequin applique for the bodice. I made a pattern, then cut that out of my leftover pink satin and the sequin fabric, folded the sequin fabric over the satin and stitched it down, pressed it, and then hand-sewed it into place. Then I went around the edges with my sequin trim.…
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get to work
So I had a long weekend; had friday off. Wednesday and Thursday I finished up my Bespin updates. Thankfully it ended up being easier (and quicker) than I expected. I took the trim off the tunic, opened it up at the back seam, flipped it and cut off three inches. Flipped back around, pressed it, tried it on – I…
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GUESS WHAT
Guess what finally showed up today?!?! My fabric samples from 2 months ago. The envelope was obviously chomped up on one end so looks like it probably got pulled under a piece of machinery and probably got stuck. I’ve built the entire costume in the time it took USPS to find these and get them to me. I can finally…
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in which I think about dragoncon
Didn’t get a whole lot done last night. Well maybe kinda. Finished painting my shoes, got the lowest ruffle sewn on. Got the sequins sewn onto the straps and got the first line of sequins sewn across the top of the bodice. Had to handsew those so it took a little longer – I have to do one more line…
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i’m not thinking up a title today
OMG I am so tired. Friday I stopped and got more pink thread on my way home, and Friday night I finished sewing the sequins onto all my ruffles. Saturday we had errands to run and Ash came with us down to Joann. I found new TFA Leia underdress fabric. Then we went next door to Toys R Us and…
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this week
Guess who ruined more fabric with dye and is going to have to go buy more fabric again? I have no idea what happened. This was the weirdest dye experience I’ve ever had. I’d done tests on this fabric and they’d all turned out fine. I staggered the dyeing — a few panels of the dress in for 10 minutes,…
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productive weekend was productive
It was a really good work weekend! I got a lot done! Instead of going in order I’m going to go by project… Friday night started off with another round of dye on the TFA Leia linen. Saturday I decided to go one step darker and one step more saturated which really helped. I’m like, 90% happy with it so…
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Ruffles
Today has been weird. Early this morning somebody in one of the offices in our building was WAILING… came out in the hallway just sobbing. Crying went on for several minutes. It was unsettling and got my hackles up. Obviously something awful happened. I brought a change of clothes with me to work – because I cannot get myself up…
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what’s up
I don’t have a lot to post about this weekend. Sewing-wise, I was mostly working on a commission if I was in my sewing room and I don’t have anything to show of that. I did finally get my linen cut and dyed — Nice colour fresh out, but it dried much lighter — but it’s a good base so…
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Pink satin, Misato and Luna
I got my Misato pics uploaded! This is now officially the oldest costume we’ve shot on the white backdrop – beating out Lum by a couple of months. Like I said in the last post, I shot with my natural tone wig first. And then switched to the original purple wig. I decided to wear these black combat boots from…
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Happy 4th
Hi everybody! I’m back from my four day weekend. Did I do everything on that to-do list? HA. Of course not. The point of a to-do list is to look back and see everything you DIDN’T do. But I’ll get to all that. As usual, let’s start at the beginning… Friday night I picked up Kevin and we ran to…
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To-Do List
My to-do list for this (4 day!) weekend: Bespin Leia: -Repleat the front so the front embroidery shows better -take tunic apart, take up, shorten, sewing trim back on Pink thing: -Get bodice lining pieces cut -Get bodice basically put together -Make panniers -Get skirt panels put together -Start piecing out organza Mon Mothma: -Do embroidery floss through braid pieces…
