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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.
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This wasn't a huge costuming year for me. I did a couple of costumes at the start of the year, then didn't sew again until the fall, when I made my Dickens dress. Here are the few things I managed to get done:

Dresses


http://mistress-of-disguise.blogspot.com/2018/02/a-turquoise-and-silver-bustle-gown-for.html http://mistress-of-disguise.blogspot.com/2018/02/a-turquoise-and-silver-bustle-gown-for.html

 

Undies


http://mistress-of-disguise.blogspot.com/2018/06/1872-green-embroidered-corset.html

 

Accessories

 

https://mistress-of-disguise.blogspot.com/2018/12/an-experimental-black-and-gold-brise-fan.html

 

 

 

Sewing goals for 2019:

 

Make all my Wedding Stuff.

 

This is really my One Big Goal, because, well, I have to get it done! I've designed my dress and have my petticoat done for it, but I need a new corset and, well, pretty much everything else. I have weight loss goals I really want to hit, so I'm going to delay working on the bodice until a couple of months before the wedding so I can slim down as much as possible before then. The skirt is the more complicated part anyway, and will take way more time, so I'm going to start work on that this summer. I also have a couple of bridesmaids dresses to make, and I can totally get those done first before I start on my own trousseau. I'll have posts about the bridesmaids stuff throughout the year, but I won't be posting about my own dress until after the wedding, so probably the end of the year closer to December.

 

Finish more things, even if I miss getting them done for an event.

 

I have a bad habit of sewing like a crazed lunatic up until an event, and then abandoning the thing after the event is over, even if the project isn't finished yet. I have a lot of missing waistbands and items without closures because I get things just wearable enough to have for the event, and I never go back and add in those few things that would make them 100% complete. But y'all, it was amazing to have a waistband on my Dickens skirt. I need more completed garments in my life.

 

Finish some new stuff for M.

 

A good chunk of my UFOs are stuff for M, so he has a lot of great looking stuff that just isn't done yet. I need to buckle down and work on some of his things again.


Refine my drafting and grading skills.

 

This is something that I've wanted to do for a while, but I really feel like this is the year to make it happen. I'm going to pick up some second-hand textbooks from the UNT fashion design school and really have a go at making proper patterns. I can drape stuff all day long, but drafting is a sort of weak spot.

Non-sewing goals for 2019:

Save up for our own place.

I've been thinking about what sort of things I want to do this year that are not costuming related, and there are definitely some big things on the horizon. M and I are going to be moving into our own place in the fall, after he graduates and finds himself a job. I'm so excited to get out of my parent's house and finally have my own, adult space. Just this morning I was thinking about how much I hate having to creep around in the morning in some sort of monastic silence so I don't wake the household, when all I want to do is have the freedom to make breakfast, watch the weather report, and have a real start to the morning.

So, goal one is to save up for the move. I'm hoping to have a few grand in savings by the time we're ready to move out, since I've always been advised to have a couple of month's worth of rent saved up just in case there are unforeseen things popping up.

Become conversational in another language.

I've been sort of passively doing my language lessons for the past couple of years, but mostly I've just been chugging through a lesson to get the points and not really engaging with them, or doing any sort of studying outside of the lesson. I really need to get my German up to snuff, and I want to be able to get my French up to listening comprehension rather than just being able to read it. I'd like to get my German to the point where I can actively engage with people and not sit there searching for the right word for an eternity.

Save up for an overseas trip for 2020.

I won't be able to do any international travel this year, with the wedding and moving both happening, but I have been feeling my wanderlust bubbling up hard, and I need to do something about it. It's now been three years since I've been out of the country, and my inner nomad is hurting. I'm thinking maybe a trip to the UK. I've always wanted to go to the Beltane fire festival in Edinburgh, so I figure I could maybe do a week in Scotland and then head to London for another week. Either that, or I'll head to London so I can do the summer solstice at Stonehenge, and then spend the rest of the time poking around in England. I haven't decided yet, but dammit, I need to travel, and for some reason the old feast days are calling to me.

Lose weight for the wedding.

I want to lose weight anyway, not just for the wedding, but it does give me extra incentive to get to hit my goals. I want to get back down to where I was the first time I went to TrekCon, which means at least 50 pounds. Yikes. If I can lose about 10 pounds a month, I should be able to get there by the time I walk down the aisle.

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