I'm supposed to be in Gettysburg filming my super awesome cocovid video right now...we had made it to the KOP service station when I pulled off so Rob could grab a coffee and went to tell Dave our ETA. He's on day 2 of congestion after going camping with his family for a week....fuck....I went through a range of "pretend I didn't see this and don' ( Read more... )

just like the good old days eh? I remember sneaking up at some costume con to post in my room about my morning. feels like a lifetime ago ( Read more... )

 ruh ro raggy Gettysburg is mere days away! lets take stock of how behind our heroine is on her must finish projects:

Rational dress
-sew on hem facing
-sew darts (already fitted)
-buttons on cuffs/buttonholes
-sew on trim (I'll probably do this dead last and possibly thursday night in the B&B)

Dinner bodice
-only thing done is patterned and fitted. going ( Read more... )

I was going to get SO MUCH done for Gettysburg right?! I'm on day 19 of what I thought was a cold. I finally went to the Doctor yesterday after what seemed like improvement turned into "spiking a fever and getting worse." My main complaint was the sore throat, without advil in my system I had trouble swallowing (I actually debated getting liquid ( Read more... )

I'm struuuuggling here with the motivation for Gettysburg. Besides Amanda who is definitely bringing the inspo it feels like most of my group is re-wearing or done or making-under-duress. JESS SHARE MORE I KNOW YOU'VE SEWED A BUNCH and I'm just...slogging. But perhaps if I'm better about talking about it I'll be more inspired to sew.

so far the ( Read more... )

My next thing to sew for is Gettysburg and I'm determined to actually work on things ahead of time. I don't actually NEED anything new. I have a full 1860s wardrobe which really does take the pressure off, but I would like a few new things.

1. I need to re-trim my orange check ballgown so I actually like it. It's totally do-able
2. rational dress outfit
3. new ( Read more... )

So the last two times I've gone to Gettysburg I've done tons of posts leading up and zero posts after. Not even a place holder "I went"...lets see if I can do any better.

Thursday: Picked up
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 sooo I woke this morning feeling crappy. Scratchy throat, throbbing head...crap. I spent most of today napping. I didn't get everything done yesterday either...double crap. Well we'll just keep plodding but it's looking very likely I won't have a red wool bodice for Friday day. Which means either A. I wear the same day outfit two days in a row. B ( Read more... )

My list of "OH SHIT" contained two other things: a chemisette and under sleeves...and I decided that as I was so stressed cause I've been working 50-60 hour work weeks for the last money that I would give myself $30 to throw at my problems.


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Happy Halloween! It was a quiet day here. I kinda blew my Halloween excitement on the party on Saturday. I barely managed to dress up for work. (I wore a tiara and Rob's captain America sweat shirt and called myself Miss America). Ellie did visit in her pupkin spice latte costume which was pretty adorable.

In the evening I sat by a fire and sewed ( Read more... )