Sitting here munching craisins, working on designing additions to Squiddle's halloween costume.

Last year he was Hiccup. This year, Toothless. (I tossed out Squiddle's beloved Baymax as another suggestion, but Wonderful Husband thought Toothless would be more interesting and recognizable.)

I'm using Simplicity 1765 as a base and modding it as I ( Read more... )

So, Saturday Wonderful Husband and I went to see Kingsman: The Secret Service. Which has Colin Firth as a gentleman spy. Can't go wrong with that! The movie was serious in some ways, cheesy in others, and bad in only a few. I recommend it ( Read more... )

Quilt is done. Have washed it twice now and can still see the chalk marking lines. Will spray them with Shout tomorrow and wash it again and see if that works ( Read more... )

Wonderful Husband has been watching his way through Steven Universe recently. The show is surpisingly good. And Wondercon is coming up next weekend. So last night I made a suggestion that I make the Squiddle a Steven costume. It's simple enough - sandals (check), denim shorts (check), red t-shirt with a yellow star on it. Only one item to make ( Read more... )

Have just finished Baby's First Cosplay[tm]. Tomorrow the Squiddle will go to Wondercon dressed as Hiccup from How to Train Your Dragon. The costume will probably look pretty good, but I keep looking at it seeing what it's not. It's missing the ties at the neck because not having them will make getting the shirt over his head so much easier, and ( Read more... )

The Animal Control people still haven't come out. Wonderful Husband called them back around 6 and they said they work until 9:30 every day, so they still have an hour and a half at this point. He also checked with the neighbors on both sides (each of whom have several guard dogs). Looks like it most likely belongs to Jaime to the west side of ( Read more... )

In our swing dance class, every now and again I hit a certain stride and have to blink, realizing that Wonderful Husband and I are the most advanced dancers in the class. Which, I admit, doesn't mean much... we're not that good yet. But we've been at this for several years now, so sooner or later most of it sinks in ( Read more... )

So, a good trawl through the LA fabric district with hoshikage apparently tends to net several results. One is lunch at Wild Thyme, which is always a good thing. Another is leather in varying blues for her and varying pinks for me, with both of us intending to use it for corsets. A third is being jazzed and re-energized on sewing projects in general and ( Read more... )

Roast pork turned out relatively well last night, though I think next time I'll make extra of the glaze, warm it, and use it as a sauce for serving. Ran through the first round of edits for UM19, and then made up an apple pie from "The Pie and Pastry Bible" by Rose Levy Beranbaum. It didn't turn out perfect--the edges of the crust burned, so I'll ( Read more... )

I smell funny. Or I keep smelling something funny. Which is kind of funny, because I took a shower after finishing the cooking and cleaning this morning, which means that I should only be smelling of shampoo/conditioner/body wash/face cream ( Read more... )