This weekend was a madhouse! Thursday the last of my fabric came, so I got my dress panels sewn together, pleated, and attached to the yoke that night. Friday I got it hemmed and discovered my two front panels were a bit too short. At this point I didn’t even had time to freak out, just took some of my…

So I got my new fabric last night, started cutting and realized I was 2 yards short. So ordered 2 more yards this morning and LORD I am done spending money on this costume.

I looked over my budget. Found I’d gotten about $25 in overtime on my paycheck yesterday. Plus $30 for a couple of alterations. That was close enough. I pulled the trigger and bought new fabric. I just wasn’t ever going to be happy with it like this — and I figured out another use for the already dyed panels I’ll…

I soaked the upper part of the dress in a full box of dye remover last night. When I didn’t see much of a change, but I let it dry overnight. And all I’ve done is cause the discolouration to move higher up on the side that was good. At this point I know it’s the orange/yellow tones from the…

Well on the good news side, my spoonflower fabric decided it’d had enough of vacationing in the north and is finally at the local post office. Whew! Next, I dug in and got the yoke pieces sewn together and attached. They weren’t attached yet here, just sewn together: I ended up having to make a small extension for the back.…

My spoonflower fabric was supposed to be here yesterday but apparently decided to take a detour and go to Wisconsin instead. The wrong end of the country. So since I didn’t get to work on my shirt last night, back to Edith. Got the other side of the yoke piece finished. It’s just pinned on at the moment and I…

Friday night and Saturday day I did my best to sew as much as possible. I did finally conquer the dress portion of the costume: I got the top portion cartridge pleated and then sewn onto my yoke piece. I had to go back and fix some problems on the yoke that were causing a fit issue – that took…

Past couple of days I’ve struggled with finding the energy to sew in general, plus just being a little stymied by not knowing where to go first on this costume. I haven’t been able to really wrap my head around, nor I have I felt like trying. But I finally got a plan of attack in place and decided I…

I finaaaaaaaally took scissors to fabric on my Edith costume. I’ve literally had the wig sitting in my sewing room since October last year. I had a little extra money from a bonus so I went ahead and bought the wig, thinking I’d get the costume done between Dec-Jan for MidSouthcon, but I didn’t even buy the fabric until January……