A Dedicated Follower of Fashion

Short version: I had a great time, and got to meet padawansguide , which was doubly awesome, as we share both loves of costuming and the Beatles! But it's sadly very probably going to be the last Poe birthday celebration.

( Long version, containing dislike of Baltimore, bridges, stew, and pictures, naturally )

I survived the cartridge pleating! I should have done another line of stitching, but I Couldn't Take It Any More, so I didn't. It'll do.

I have high (if possibly unrealistic) hopes of actually finishing my dress tonight, probably minus the hem -- I still have to do the sleeves, but I'm not doing the cutouts in them (too bad, so sad), so they won't take too long, I HOPE. I've got a mockup of them now that I just have to fit to the armscye. Yay for the two-part sleeve I made for my gaulle -- a sleeve is a sleeve is a sleeve, thank goodness.

I wanted a nice chemisette, but I'm thinking that's not going to happen! How about a half-assed chemisette? Something's gotta go down the front of my bodice, or I shall be very cold and inappropriately hanging out, thanks to the cutouts! Which Lil Sis said, and I quote, "looks pretty cool." Which may be the first time she's ever said that about anything I've made, so color me impressed.

I'm also thinking of wearing the cameo brooch I inherited last year with this outfit...basic Internet research tells me it's probably not 19thc, but that doesn't really bother me. What does is that the same research tells me cameos weren't really popular til after c 1850, so my 1844 dress might be a bit early for that, and the fashion plates I've seen do seem to bear that out. I'm trying to decide how much that bothers me.

Yes, I actually WORRY ABOUT THESE TYPES OF THINGS. *eyeroll* Nerd alert!

Edit: And just to inform you all, I think the end of the world may be nigh, because Lil Sis just came and asked if I wanted to watch the end of Tommy, cause it was on TV, and she VOULUNARILY HAD PUT IT ON. Wow. I've decided she has a secret weakness for men with fluffy blond hair who look good shirtless, and I am totally going to exploit this to get her to listen to my music.

Progress: Cut out all the pieces for my dress bodice in lining, interlining, and wool tonight, and I was really going to start making the piping, I promise, but then my mom asked if I wanted to go for a walk in the snow, and of course I did. So...derailed yet again from sewing! The snow's so pretty, though. I think we'd gotten at least three inches by the time we got back from our walk an hour ago. Will not be fun if I have to drive in it tomorrow, but we shall see about that.

Sometimes. Today I did, yay for me. Had a stupid meeting at work this morning, but was off the rest of the day, so I decided, dammit, I really need to sew something! ...After I go see Black Swan. By myself, because I have boring friends, and I was afraid it would be out of theaters if I waited much longer. So I finally saw it, and wow. Fantastic. I left the theater feeling slightly bonkers myself.

And those costumes. *gets all googly-eyed* cleopatramwi is already doing a Black Swan costume, which I have no doubt is going to be fabulous, and I'd feel a bit of a copycat for being all, "Eeee, I wanna Black Swan costume tooooooo!" Hmm. Will mull this over in my ickle brains for a while and see what happens. (Lord, and there I go, doing a Google images search on the costumes, "just in case.")  I've already got the shoes! Yes, I used to do ballet when I was in high school, and every once in a while, I put the shoes on again and do a few steps. People are never surprised when I tell them I was in ballet..."You look like a dancer." So...I'm thin and have small boobs. Thank you. And I was never particularly good at ballet!

Also, now I want to go see a performance of Swan Lake. The music's been playing in my head allllll day. Rather conveniently, I might be able to, as the Pennsylvania Ballet is doing Swan Lake in March. Coincidence that they're doing that ballet when fourteen of their dancers were in Black Swan? I THINK NOT.

Ballet goofiness aside, I actually did come home and sew things.

( Things. Things get long. )

Executive decision has been made regarding Poe: I'm going on the Sunday, so, yes, I need the dress finished!

This decision has been brought to you courtesy of having told friend M about it, and since she loves Edgar Allen Poe and has no problem with dressing up in weird clothes, she's coming with me. I can throw something together for her if she visits me a couple times in between now and then. Won't be as nice nor correct as mine, but we're both okay with this!

Plus that means even if you LJers end up going on Saturday evening I won't have spent all that time on the damn underwear for nothing! ;)