So this weekend at work we were allowed to wear costumes - Saturday through today, that is. After making sure I wouldn't be the only one doing it (because if I were I wouldn't bother) I chose to wear my Disney Alice dress which I made last year. I made a half-assed quickie tulle-petticoat thing to go under it, but a few months ago I bought a ( Read more... )

So I just spent maybe half an hour trying to suss out what I had in fact made this year, and I was surprised at the number of finished projects! A lot of it underwear, which isn't impressive, but still. A much higher item-count than last year, that's for sure.
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But here 'tis! My good friend dressed up as the Cheshire Cat, and I have been reliably informed that our outfits made the hostess' night ( Read more... )

And then I went back into work (after working till 3 instead of 2) because I heard it was horribly awful. We need about twice as many people as we have right now and it's really, really bad. I cannot wait for Halloween to be OVER OMG. Fortunately until we get some sort of keyholder situation sorted I have approval for up to 5 hours OT (weekly) ( Read more... )

( silly post ahoy )

I still haven't gotten around to even deciding whether to make a petticoat of tulle or muslin scraps; I'd have to buy the tulle, but it fluffs with much less volume and weight, whereas I already have the muslin scraps, but I'd have to hem them and do a bit more sewing to make the same amount of fluff ( Read more... )

I got out of work later than expected (10 hours on my feet without a break? EW), and dropped by my parents'  to avoid the hideous rush hour traffic on my route home...and then I was offered dinner, and then there was chatting, and wine, and ( Read more... )