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m_of_disguise) wrote2024-01-04 08:35 am
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Put in a grocery order while at work yesterday and didn't realize that the app had, for some reason, switched from my regular store to one across town. When I went to pick it up, I sat for 20 minutes wondering where my stuff was, only to finally realize what had happened. ~sigh~ Got home pretty late, so I just whipped up some jambalaya from a box mix and called it dinner.
Got on my game for Dickens and reserved myself a room for the festival. The Victorian house I found last year is already booked out for this year (Dickens weekend always fills up so fast!) but there was still a room available in my second-favorite find, so I went ahead and booked it. Can't beat that price, I tell you what. The entire weekend comes to to just over $300, even with Airbnb's fees and whatnot added on, so score!
Started editing video last night and got about halfway through before the baby needed feeding. I should be able to finish up tonight and have it posted tomorrow. I think going forward that I'm going to bring my laptop to work with me so I can edit during my lunch breaks, get a little bit done every day instead of having to push through getting it all done in a night or two and having to work around cooking/sewing/baby.
Posted my year-end wrap-up on my costuming blog last night. I didn't include the half-finished things that I started and am still working on:
- grosgrain petticoat - two ruffles and a waistband, and this thing will be done
- corded petticoat - three more bunches of cording to go, then a waistband, and this will also be finished. It's sort of on hold at the moment so I can work on the bodice for the upcoming costume outing
- 1840s dress revamp - I've pulled the dress out and started taking it apart to address its problems, but can't actually fix them until I have my corset finished and a new dress form made
- 1590s stays - half of one side is finished, the other half needs everything done, from boning to binding. I'll likely pick up working on these again over the summer, when events die off because of the heat
- 1906 corset - while I did actually finish this one, I have to take it apart and cut it down so it fits again. I've taken this thing apart more times that I can count now, it really is the never-ending project. I'm pretty sick of looking at it.
- 1872 corset - I finished the embroidery during the last half of the year, so now I can finally finish putting this thing together. I actually need to do this fairly soon, because I have a whole Dickens wardrobe to build and this is my corset for that, since this pattern is good for everything from the 50s to the early 70s.
I'm really hoping to be more productive this year. I have an 1890s bodice in the works for the museum event on the 20th. I'm hoping to make a cape, hat, and a muff to go with that, but that's my stretch goal and will be happy with just a finished bodice. But, the bodice needs the revamped 1906 corset, so redoing the corset is this weekend's task. Other planned projects:
- Kent State brocade dress for Dickens
- electric blue plaid 1850s dress for Dickens
- paisley wrapper made from shawls with eyelet petticoat for Dickens
- Augusta Auctions dress but in navy/orange for Dickens
- 1590s bodice petticoat in red damask
- 1590s redwork jacket using the TrulyHats pre-embroidered fabric that I bought ages ago
- 1902 evening gown for La Boheme
I also have a giant wicker basket full of half-finished projects that's accumulated over a couple of years, and I want to try and work my way through it to clear it out. Some of what's in there is fabric for the above planned projects. Other stuff is pieces I've hit a mental wall on and put in the naughty corner, like the 1890s aqua petticoat that still needs another five yards of fluted lace ruffle to be made, which is a pain in the ass and I don't want to do it. I'm just going to start at the top and work my way down, and hopefully it will be empty come December 31.
Got on my game for Dickens and reserved myself a room for the festival. The Victorian house I found last year is already booked out for this year (Dickens weekend always fills up so fast!) but there was still a room available in my second-favorite find, so I went ahead and booked it. Can't beat that price, I tell you what. The entire weekend comes to to just over $300, even with Airbnb's fees and whatnot added on, so score!
Started editing video last night and got about halfway through before the baby needed feeding. I should be able to finish up tonight and have it posted tomorrow. I think going forward that I'm going to bring my laptop to work with me so I can edit during my lunch breaks, get a little bit done every day instead of having to push through getting it all done in a night or two and having to work around cooking/sewing/baby.
Posted my year-end wrap-up on my costuming blog last night. I didn't include the half-finished things that I started and am still working on:
- grosgrain petticoat - two ruffles and a waistband, and this thing will be done
- corded petticoat - three more bunches of cording to go, then a waistband, and this will also be finished. It's sort of on hold at the moment so I can work on the bodice for the upcoming costume outing
- 1840s dress revamp - I've pulled the dress out and started taking it apart to address its problems, but can't actually fix them until I have my corset finished and a new dress form made
- 1590s stays - half of one side is finished, the other half needs everything done, from boning to binding. I'll likely pick up working on these again over the summer, when events die off because of the heat
- 1906 corset - while I did actually finish this one, I have to take it apart and cut it down so it fits again. I've taken this thing apart more times that I can count now, it really is the never-ending project. I'm pretty sick of looking at it.
- 1872 corset - I finished the embroidery during the last half of the year, so now I can finally finish putting this thing together. I actually need to do this fairly soon, because I have a whole Dickens wardrobe to build and this is my corset for that, since this pattern is good for everything from the 50s to the early 70s.
I'm really hoping to be more productive this year. I have an 1890s bodice in the works for the museum event on the 20th. I'm hoping to make a cape, hat, and a muff to go with that, but that's my stretch goal and will be happy with just a finished bodice. But, the bodice needs the revamped 1906 corset, so redoing the corset is this weekend's task. Other planned projects:
- Kent State brocade dress for Dickens
- electric blue plaid 1850s dress for Dickens
- paisley wrapper made from shawls with eyelet petticoat for Dickens
- Augusta Auctions dress but in navy/orange for Dickens
- 1590s bodice petticoat in red damask
- 1590s redwork jacket using the TrulyHats pre-embroidered fabric that I bought ages ago
- 1902 evening gown for La Boheme
I also have a giant wicker basket full of half-finished projects that's accumulated over a couple of years, and I want to try and work my way through it to clear it out. Some of what's in there is fabric for the above planned projects. Other stuff is pieces I've hit a mental wall on and put in the naughty corner, like the 1890s aqua petticoat that still needs another five yards of fluted lace ruffle to be made, which is a pain in the ass and I don't want to do it. I'm just going to start at the top and work my way down, and hopefully it will be empty come December 31.