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Dec. 16th, 2015 11:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mandie_rwHat-making: got the buckram frame all sewn together for the tall bonnet (and wow it is tall). The mushroom hat's brim didn't need to be sewn to anything since it's a mushroom! Will start mulling tomorrow. (I keep mistyping that as "tomattoe." Either I'm sleepy or hungry.)
I cut out my pattern pieces for the 1950s christmas dress, and laid them all out to see if they'd fit - and they don't. Boo. I bought the fabric before picking which pattern I wanted to use, so I'm just short. Even with finagling and cheerfully disregarding grainlines and print direction (it's directional, but not really really obviously) I can't quite manage it. Stupid kimono sleeves and full skirt! Okay, fold them up, put them back in envelope, and decide on a second choice. Cut that out - and it was time for work at the J. Where I bought christmas presents, wrapping paper, buttons, rickrack (I couldn't decide on red or burgundy for the dress so I bought both. Oooh how spendy of me), and holiday wine tubes.
To store my feathers in, y'see. My feathers currently live in a (large) drawer and it's getting out of control. Plan to splice two tubes together for longer feathers. Will look ghetto-fab but am pleased enough for $7.50's-worth. (I am aware many people use mailing tubes, but I haven't gotten anything in a mailing tube in ages, and the wine tubes have a bit more width.) And now my feathers will be christmassy all year-round!
I cut out my pattern pieces for the 1950s christmas dress, and laid them all out to see if they'd fit - and they don't. Boo. I bought the fabric before picking which pattern I wanted to use, so I'm just short. Even with finagling and cheerfully disregarding grainlines and print direction (it's directional, but not really really obviously) I can't quite manage it. Stupid kimono sleeves and full skirt! Okay, fold them up, put them back in envelope, and decide on a second choice. Cut that out - and it was time for work at the J. Where I bought christmas presents, wrapping paper, buttons, rickrack (I couldn't decide on red or burgundy for the dress so I bought both. Oooh how spendy of me), and holiday wine tubes.
To store my feathers in, y'see. My feathers currently live in a (large) drawer and it's getting out of control. Plan to splice two tubes together for longer feathers. Will look ghetto-fab but am pleased enough for $7.50's-worth. (I am aware many people use mailing tubes, but I haven't gotten anything in a mailing tube in ages, and the wine tubes have a bit more width.) And now my feathers will be christmassy all year-round!
