So this little ol' corset is for me. Yay!  I found some beautiful steel satiny/silky fabric (a synthetic, but who's counting since this is for me and I don't mind one little bit!), and some gorgeous grey taffeta-ish fabric to use for the bindings. One part of it has like a windy sort of embellishment, kind of ropey, but I'm tired and I can't ( Read more... )

Morning came too early today. And my head is foggy and buzzing. Working on a headache and it's only 8 am ( Read more... )

Obviously, I'm trying to catch up with my "journaling" because I rarely journal anymore. I'm just too busy. But I'm realizing right now that this is a very good thing. It's a way to keep my thoughts in order and to look back and remember, oh, yea, I want to do that! Or I had that idea that one time when I was at the grocery store. ;) Btw, do you ( Read more... )

Next day: I start thinking about bindings. What color. . . black? Nah. Silver? Maybe. Purple? Not this one. Bronze? I put it up against the vinyl and it's AWESOME! Incredible. Spectacular! It's looking like something magnetic! Tools. Junk. My dad's garage. Resident Evil (I rented it from redbox the other day). Well, really not Resident Evil, but I ( Read more... )

Okay. So the test on the vinyl and coutil was pretty nice with tension set at about 6. Still worked when I doubled the coutil and doubled the vinyl. Looked good. The thread dents in a bit on vinyl, but you can still definitely see it. Not like velvets. As I'm stitching under the "lights" I noticed that the vinyl looked metallic. Not with the little ( Read more... )

Okay, so here goes with my dress journal ( Read more... )