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I'm back! Dallas and Seminar were amazing, despite the lack of sleep!! I'll be posting my pics later today ( Read more... )

I was supposed to go site-seeing with Bridget in DC yesterday (our last fling before she moves) but thanks to a wonky stomach and a headache I stayed home and sewed instead. I got the pimpernel toile apart and cut out version two. Not terribly exciting but progress ( Read more... )

Wow. Thank you so much for all the great feedback on my Fire costume, I'm just blown away! I guess I’ve been looking at it too long, I was feeling pretty "eh" about it to be honest ( Read more... )

For those of you not going to CC, or for whom suspense is not an enjoyable thing, I have updated my website with the pics of the Fire costume. Really it's for me; I decided I will have more than enough to catch up on when I get back, I didn't want to add the Fire diary updating to that list. Glad I did too as I need to take some more pics to fill ( Read more... )

The Victorian corset is finished - yay! I've replaced the boning and lacing so it's all comfy now. The gaps in the back seem to have shrunk since I last tried it on. Normally that would make me happy but I do want this to fit when I get to CC! Umm ( Read more... )

Yay the Fire is done!! Well expect for the hem of the underskirt (I'll get over to Brooke's to serge that one of these days) and the remainder of the embellishing (which will never actually be "finished" - we'll just run out of time :>). But the basic construction is complete and it's in wearable condition - huzzah ( Read more... )

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I really don't know what is wrong with me. I have so much to do costuming wise before CC and I haven't been doing anything. It will be my own stupid fault that I don't have new things finished to wear but to be honest I haven't been in the mood the sew lately. Not good timing for CADD ( Read more... )

The red glitter spray arrived earlier this week and I tested it out today. I didn’t get the results I was hoping for - moo. My poly/whatever didn't take the spray very well and when dry it looked more like dark orange flames than red. So I handed the dress over to Bridget to bead. I may add flames to the bottom in the end but I'm going to get ( Read more... )