tightrope walker
Below you’ll find my blog posts about my Lillian Gracey (the Haunted Mansion Tightrope Walker) costume, constructed in 2016.
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this is halloween
Whoo! It’s been a busy few days! First up, we finished the new tombstones! Gravestones? Headstones. What is the best term. I like Tombstones best. And we got some lights for night time. Thursday was the Pink Palace event. After work I decided I had time to take a quick nap before I got ready. Took my nap, went to…
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halloween hijinks
oh god that’s such a stupid subject line but i’m sticking with it. I’ve been dealing with a cold since tuesday! Ugh! Friday it progressed into “i’m coughing so much i can’t sleep/breath and I feel like I’m going to break a rib.” Mucinex is my best friend right now. House stuff is at a “hurry up and wait” point.…
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Photoshoot Stuff!! Part One
Sorry I haven’t posted this week! It’s been busy! This past weekend we did the symphony event — which I’ll talk about the next post — and we’d originally planned to do this photoshoot before we left for the event Saturday night. But my tiara wasn’t quite ready Saturday, and there was yardwork that needed to be done before the…
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More Disney photos, and Edith sleeves
First up, Chase gave me the photos he took of my Tightrope Walker last weekend! Had to go get pics with my alligator buddies before we left the hotel for the party. I love these guys. And then over at Magic Kingdom… I also got these added to my Tightrope Walker portfolio page along with parasol construction info. Speaking of…
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Photopass Photos, plus some website thoughts
Uploaded my photo pass photos last night! Meeting Jack and Sally: Kevin’s face!! LOL Rose made this which Kevin was in stitches over: Kevin and I in front of Pirates, being Captain Hook Me in front of Haunted Mansion, with a ghost friend! End of the night… Kevin and I about to ride our fav! Chase won’t ride it with…
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Disney, Again
So we finally got to go on our rescheduled October Disney trip! Thursday we left directly after work, drove to Atlanta to spend the night. Our usual overnight hotel in Columbus was booked solid, so we had them move us to one in Atlanta… and it was not great. (When I said “Oh then just move us to one in…
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Link and a parasol
So to finish from my earlier post, Sunday we ran errands, and packed. And I ran over to Kevin’s house and picked him up so we could go over his Link costume stuff. He hasn’t worn it since 2013, so we needed to make sure everything still fit and worked ok. He’s wearing it to Mickey’s Not So Scary thursday…
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Dragoncon Pics Part 2, Tightrope Walker Updates
Chase sent me over his pics he took at Dragon Con – not many, but got some nice ones of my Tightrope Walker. Getting ready in the room (standing up after putting my shoes on, looks like): Trying to fix that one weird pleat before we took photos: Full length: I’m not so sure I like this photo yet I…
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Dragon Con Photos Round One
We’re back!!! Ok so I don’t have much to share in the first post. But it’s enough to recap Saturday at least. Friday I took off work, finished packing, cleaned the house, went for a swim: Tiniest Dragoncon load EVER. Saturday morning we loaded up the car and were on the road by 6 AM. We got into Atlanta right…
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Hooks and eyes oh my
I took these pics for a facebook last night so I thought I’d share them here, too, and expound on my post. Several years ago I was obsessed with the different variations of Disney Princess costumes at the parks. I collected photos from all the parks, the parades/stage show/meet-and-greet variations… I had a huge collection saved on my computer. Somewhere…
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Finished?? Maybe
Wednesday night and last night I worked on the new shrug. Got it finished up last night: Besides being a bit smaller, I also opted to line it in the same black taffeta I used for the bodice lining, instead of two layers of the velveteen. That helped cut down on the bulk a bit. I also interfaced the collar…
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Finally done with the wig
After curling and recurling the side ponys like 12 times I finally settled on some curls I like. They still stick out a little too far, and I messed one of them up (cut the elastic off by mistake, ugh), but I think at this point I’m sticking with them. And I finished remaking my shawl but I have no…
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mondays
ugh! it’s monday again. Starting to feel sad about not being at DragonCon Thurs-Fri. (Not really so much Sunday because usually by Sunday I’m ready to go home LOL) I think it’s because I’ve been looking back at old pictures a lot recently and feeling nostalgic for “old” DragonCon. I’ve been wanting to do another “look back” post… I might…
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Ugh at least it’s friday
So you know Monday my car had to have 2 new front tires and an alignment. Got that done. Today I went to leave for work, and my battery is dead. Wouldn’t take a jump. Chase had to take me to work and then I had to beg a ride from mom since I’m off early today. Last night we…
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what a weird weekend
On Friday, I got a new dishwasher I had a major panic attack at the dr, didn’t get to have my checkup, got sent away in a wheelchair with a prescription for xanax On Saturday, I had to buy two new tires for the Fit I celebrated not one but TWO 65th wedding anniversaries Went to a Harry Potter party…
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A little bit of everything
I have 3 topics today. 1. The Flipping Dishwasher Chase and I have been without a dishwasher for over a year. It gave out last year… Chase tried to fix it but it was shot. (It was pretty old. Came with the house.) We FINALLY went shopping for a new one 2 weeks ago, picked one out at Home Depot…
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ugh monday
We had a nice weekend, spent Friday evening-Sunday morning at my grandparents. I also FINALLY got Snapchat to work with an animal face: A few weeks ago Mema was ironing and ran outside for something or another… the cat knocked the iron over onto the floor and caused a lovely burn mark. They are having to get new tile put…
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Work, work, work
Wednesday night, I focused on getting the sleeve mock-up finished up: Pretty happy with the shape. Somewhere I have a bag of tulle I want to stuff them with but I didn’t have the energy to look for it. I also got the trim along the neckline quickly sewn on, though last night I went back and tightened it up…
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Playing with sleeves
I was going to work on the shawl last night but I didn’t feel like it… instead I dug out some leftover pink lining to start looking at a mock-up for the sleeves. Beyond cutting them out and pinning them I didn’t really do much more than that. I trimmed up the shape of the second one, but of course…
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More Tightrope Walker progress…
My little weirdo snuck in my office the other night and was in fur heaven. I had to kick her out when she started trying to eat it, though. I didn’t get to do a ton of sewing this weekend. Saturday was move day for my grandma. After my Pawpaw passed last year, we got her into an assisted living…
