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all my bags are packed
Well, here we are, end of the road – did everything get done? Ehhhh kinda. “Done enough.” Picnic Padme is done. I packed a bag of sequins and a needle and thread to maybe work on in the hotel room. We’ll see if I feel like doing that or not. I got the ribbons dyed, pressed and pieced out. They…
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threat level midnight
It’s mayyybe the last post before Dragon Con. Who knows. I may be able update next Monday. I may update later this week. No idea how things will shake out. First things first, I worked on the blouse last week. This was before I got the side seams sewn together and I thought it was a look LOL Got the…
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dragoncon approacheth
Let’s start with going through last week’s to-do list project-by-project: Morticia: The only thing off last week’s list is that I got the sleeve lace sewn on. That’s it, but it does mean the dress is done, all that’s left is the wig/make-up/try on and if I have time to add the beading. I did bring the dress and beads…
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karma’s a relaxing thought
Back back back again with some good updates. But first let’s talk drama! Tuesday afternoon, I went out on the front porch to bring in some packages, and our neighbor’s cat Benny was out there. Benny and his brother come over often and hang out on our front porch and sometimes get treats, they are very friendly. Well Tuesday, Benny…
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you must be swift as the coursing river
I got a lot done in the past week!! Feeling better about things. Biggest hurdle: I got all these damn cut outs on the picnic bodice done. I didn’t do them all the way around, I stopped at the side seam because I did not want to do any more than I had to LOL I tried this a whole…
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5 weeks to go
I was going to go count the days until we leave for Dragoncon but I decided that would be detrimental to my mental health, so we’re just gonna say 5 weeks. I did get a decent amount done this past weekend. Not quite to where I want to be but a big hurdle crossed… The main skirt is WEARABLE! I…
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don’t take skyrizi if you’re allergic to skyrizi
Here I am, back back back again with hardly any dragoncon progress photos to show yall. Is this the lowest output of summer progress photos I’ve had since pre-iphone days? Possibly. I worked on flowers all week. I’m not done, unfortunately. It takes me about 20 minutes to do each one, so I thought, there’s not that many I can…
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where did you get a loaf of bread
I love starting off my Monday with a teams message… Them: “Are you available for a call today?” Me: (ugh) “Yes, in regards to…?” Them: (Insert questions about some process I am completely unfamiliar with) Why are you asking ME? Oh god there’s some much backstory to the reason why I’m so befuddled why they are asking ME I can’t…
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songs from the wood
Guess who is done with the chain stitching on the skirt??? ME! I started on 5/22 I think? So six weeks to do the skirt. Don’t look at the hem, it’s stressing me out LMAO I’m letting it hang for a few days before I steam it and stretch some of those shrunken areas back out. Releveling this hem is…
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nobody got time for that
Once again I come to you all with costume updates, because I spent the entire last week doing chain stitches on the skirt and there’s nothing more to see yet. If you want to skip on down to actual content, I have new art at the bottom. But as for costume venting – I AM frustrated because last week I…
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monsoon season
Once again today I have no sewing/costume progress to show you. I have been embroidering like mad but there’s nothing to show for it right now. I DID finish the front panel, which means I’m over halfway done. I finally counted and I have 10 panels – and I’m on panel 7 now. I’m on track to be done with…
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turn around bright eyes
Starting out this weekend with new art from the Leia project! The parks “adventure” Leia outfit. I’m probably going to revisit the face on this one, it’s off – I blame having to spend so much time drawing pleats and quilting lines LOL Of course I had to do those silly doll costumes. This one is maybe the silliest thing…
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snaggletooth
Well, I do have a lot to post today. But none of it is picnic Padme progress related, because that got completely derailed momentarily. Skip the next 2 paragraphs if you don’t want to read about dentist stuff. Had a dentist appointment Wednesday afternoon. I thought it was just going to be a slap on the hand for not coming…
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charles nelson reilly, can you hear me?
I don’t have a lot of sewing progress to show you this week, because it was a solid week of embroidering. I let the skirt hang for a day and a half before digging in again, and I got another panel and a 1/3 of the next one done. The very back panel didn’t stretch while hanging in that day…
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the daily digest
Well I did not accomplish most of my goals from last week because instead of doing other stuff over the holiday weekend and saving embroidery for weekdays, I embroidered all weekend. But let’s rewind first. It took me longer to hem this than I expected. Why did I hem it now? I did let it hang to see if it…
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all for freedom & for pleasure
Well we are over here thawing out after the snow. When I posted Wednesday I talked about how much snow we’d gotten on Monday – well we got WAY MORE on wednesday! It ended up being a record – most snow we’ve had in something like 53 years?? Crazy! The backyard Wednesday night: The cove Thursday morning: So yeah Chase…
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walking in a winter horrorland
Hey look… I’m posting on a Wednesday, only 2 days after I last posted… what is this, 2001?! Well a lot has happened since I posted on Monday. The “snowpcalypse” was no joke. This is the most snow I’ve seen here in… possibly decades? Remember that pic of our cove on Sunday that I had in the last post? This…
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white out
It’s Monday again… it’s snowing with a wind chill of NEGATIVE 3 WTF… but I’m in a good mood because… WE GOT OUR VACCINES SATURDAY NIGHT!! Yes it’s just the first of two but I’m SO EXCITED and relieved to have this shot. Obviously we are not in any of the groups currently getting vaccines – we aren’t healthcare workers/first…
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fre sh vac a do
So this weekend I realized just HOW MUCH there is left to do on our house to at least get it to a state of “finished”! OMG. 2 weeks from yesterday we’ll be having a bridal shower at our house (YAY) and then a week and a half after that Chase’s brother Scott is coming down to visit for a…
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the saga continues
So my big plans for sewing all weekend and getting lots of stuff done were foiled by fabric! Namely by the fact I can’t buy/find the fabric I need locally anymore EVER (*cough*Joann*cough*) so I have to buy online and hope what comes is what I need – either that or pay, wait 2 weeks on a fabric swatch, go…
