it's been awhile, hasn't it? I've missed lj posting dearly ...

I'm so ansy: school is over, but I still have 3 exams to go (2 days)! :(

in sewing news, the second sleeve for the 1778 dress is almost all sewn on. earlier this week, I put the Pirates of the Caribbean DVD in my computer and sat down on my bed to finish the sleeve. I was pretty ( Read more... )

I forgot to add in yesterday's post: I've updated my website index with a new, slimmer banner. opinions?
I've been trying to find out how to write HTML for a sidebar, but it seems like there are no instructions out there for someone who doesn't know HTML backwards and forwards. rather irritating. for those of you with websites and sidebars, how in ( Read more... )

on Friday, I went to Union Station with some friends for dinner and The Da Vinci Code. alright, so the movie got trashed by the Washington Post and just above everyone else, but I liked it! this is possibly due to the fact that I still haven't read the book. Tom Hanks was pretty bad (don't get me wrong: I love him in Forrest Gump and The Terminal), ( Read more... )

this is a very inconsequential post just to say that I've recieved my Dharma Trading swatches in the mail today (in a very cute little box, too ( Read more... )

watched The Lost Prince on Friday night (well, Part I, anyway). we never got to finishing it ... I've never seen anyone have a seizure, so it was a pretty intense movie. I liked it okay, and the costumes were gorgeous, but it moved too slow for my friends. oh well :) we ate at Panera that night, and I had a really yummy sandwich ( Read more... )

5) sew sleeves together
6) replace shoulder straps on dress with the new onessleeves are never flawless, I suppose, but remind me next time I make a dress to not make weirdly-shaped armholes, okay ( Read more... )

instead of studying for my last test in AP Environmental, I sewed the sleeves together, darts and all. (I still need to finish the underarm seams: right now they're just sewed regularly, but I'm planning to turn the edges under and handsew them down ( Read more... )

too much work! that's all I ever talk about anymore: I apologize :( I did watch Casanova on Friday (not phenomenal, but Heath wasn't bad-looking), have a long talk with my friend about problems we're having yesterday, and watched The Terminal last night (adorable movie!). speaking of movies, we're watching The Lost Prince this week, which should be ( Read more... )

I've gotten no sewing done today: I've been trying to get ready for my New York trip tomorrow morning and working on homework ( Read more... )

finally, exams are over, and I have pretty much nothing to do until Tuesday. this is a big thing, because I haven't had a real break since summer started in the end of August :)

my plan:
- upload my 1863 dress diary page onto my website
- sew the 1863 sleeves on
- 1863 collar: fix pattern, cut from duck and silk, and sew on to bodice ( Read more... )