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what is going on in here on this day
Oh my god I’m back again with my 25th dragon con recap. It’s been over a week so I’m probably going to struggle to remember everything at this point LOL Also work has been full on NUTS since I came back and I hate it. Monday last week we both worked half days and hit the road around 1. Everything…
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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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we’re heading for venus
It’s a Friday check-in and things are looking good but still gonna have to keep moving every free minute. Let’s update the to-do list: Work’s driving me crazy. I need a brain cleanser. Here’s an updated to-do list: Picnic Padme: -embroider roses on straps -finish dyeing ribbons (mostly done, I got one more to do – ended up having to…
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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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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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miserable & magical
Oh hi! I don’t have a lot to post this week despite doing a LOT of work. I got most of the blouse embroidery done. I say “most” because I haven’t done the flowers, and I realized after finishing the first sleeve, I didn’t do enough sequins. So I’ve got to add more sequins to one, flowers to both (I…
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ugh x200
Well happy Monday I woke up at 4am with an upset stomach. Still bothering me 5 hours later. Plus I was off Friday so I had a ton of emails to dig through this morning whilst dealing with that. But despite this morning’s rocky start I got a lot done over the last week. I finished embroidering the back and…
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may the 4th be with you or something
BOY do I have a lot of sewing drama to tell yall about. And that’s actually like all I have to talk about today, because I didn’t troop anything for May the 4th this year. Was gonna do Redbirds yesterday but Leia was already taken and my only Padmes that are are approved have hairpieces that don’t currently match my…
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the club can’t even handle me rn
Yesterday was our 18th wedding anniversary! That’s crazy. And means I’ve been blogging for 28 years. That’s even crazier. We celebrated on Saturday – we had a full day of running around planned. Went to a new antique mall, went to the actual mall, etc. We had dinner reservations early – at 4:45, at Ecco: I had the wild mushroom…
