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Edith photoshoot!!
Sorry I haven’t posted in (checks) 10 days! My website’s server has been up and down… looks like it’s finally stable again now. Plus I haven’t really had much to post; haven’t sewn much in the past 2 weeks. I’m hoping to finish cleaning up my sewing room this weekend and get back to work. So let’s see, what has…
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not much to show
I sewed a little over the weekend, but not a lot. I got the design for the front panel of my Arianna dress finished and uploaded to spoonflower… but then couldn’t find my spoonflower sample book. I’m pretty sure I want to do the Cotton Sateen, but I really wanted to feel the material first. Stupid sample book has been…
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Yay dye
Last night Chase helped me boil a ton of water and put it in a bin (because I don’t have a pot big enough to properly do the stove top method) so I could dye all of my fabric. The dye took pretty quick. I did leave it in for about 30 minutes, but there wasn’t anymore colour change between…
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A stroke of luck
So back to the saga of my Rapunzel’s mom costume (ok I Just googled it and apparently the king and queen finally have names thanks to the upcoming cartoon series? King Frederic and Queen Arianna. Thank goodness, that’s so much easier to say than “my Rapunzel’s mom costume.”) Friday night I went and dug out the pattern I wanted to…
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Halloween Party Planning
Chase & I bought our Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party tickets yesterday… ya’ll don’t understand, I have wanted to go to this for AGES but with it falling right after Dragon Con every year, it was just a no-go, money-wise and vacation-time wise. Since we’re severely cutting back on Dcon this year, we are finally going to be able…
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Last round of Photos!
I’ve gotten my portfolio updated — I added Disneybound Leia and Edith! And I got Chase’s photos uploaded! Brainfreeze: Me & Kev Me and Kev Part 2 Walking thru Hollywood Studios Oddly enough, this is now the 2nd photo we have of Kevin being menaced by a blow-up Stay Puft Marshmellow Man. This Guardian of the Galaxy group was one…
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Disney and Megacon Photos – Part 3!
I downloaded our Photopass pictures last night! We used it a lot more this trip than last trip, got a lot of good stuff. On Main Street the first night there… Mine Train… Meeting Cinderella… and Rapunzel… Anna… And Elsa… Also I forgot to say I bought this shirt, I’m wearing it today! Hollywood Studios! Mike! Meeting Olaf… Heading to…
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Disney Trip w/Kevin – Part 2, plus Megacon!
Saturday morning I was up and getting in costume, while Chase got Kevin into his Luke costume. Thankfully, Edith was easy to get into. Like I (think I) mentioned the other day, I decided to forego the wound prosthetics, which made getting ready much faster. We got to the convention center early, and….. parked in the wrong parking lot. We…
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Disney Trip w/Kevin – Part 1!!
Wednesday after work, Kev and I started loading the car waiting on Chase to get home. It was raining which didn’t make it an easy job! Kevin thought we were just going to the convention. He had noooo clue. Nana & Kristie got him a Stefon shirt for the trip! That night we stopped in Columbus, GA for a quick…
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A madhouse
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…
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Oh Lyman!
Yesterday apparently a lady with a first name similar to mine and a last name similar to what i go by on the internet bought a new car in Oxford, MI — I know this, because either she or the dealership misspelled her email and I’m getting the emails about it at my kelldar gmail. I had to tell myself…
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Disneybounding Leia Progress
Since I’m stuck waiting on my last bit of fabric for the dress, I did some prep work last night on Edith: -Got the other 4 panels sewn together -sewed the pearl buttons on the sleeves and neckline -finished gathering the sleeves And I finished up my Leia shirt. Got it pressed and as much of the thread from the…
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blaaaaaah
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.
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Memphis Redbirds Star Wars Night!
I haven’t gotten to troop this event since 2010, because they usually hold it right before Dragon Con when I’m sequestered to my sewing room. This year it was in May so I finally got to participate again! Leia problems: I can’t get my sunglasses all the way on with the buns. They usually get stuck at some point so…
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after the weekend…
First up, let’s talk Edith… Didn’t do much on it this weekend. I DID get my leotard made (for wearing underneath it, it can still be somewhat see-through especially when walking or seen under a bright light). Nothing fancy, just used some leftover nude spandex, didn’t hem or it finish the edges or anything and it pulls on so no…
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I did it
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…
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I give up
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…
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A giant mess
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.…
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I hate you USPS
Last night I finally got into the groove of pleating those yoke pieces and actually knocked out the last two pieces. HOORAY! But I don’t have a picture of it. Instead I’m just here to update you on my spoonflower fabric’s journey across the United States. Yesterday it left Wisconsin and arrived in Cleveland, OH in the afternoon. It left…
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argh
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…
