sewphisticate's sewing meme
1. Are you the type of stitcher who works on one project start to finish, or do you work several different projects at once?
Many. My middle name is Multitasking.
2. How do you decide which projects to begin? Need? Whim? Herd mentality?
Usually driven by upcoming events; Pirate Faire tomorrow!
3. What are the sorts of things that will cause you to hurl said project(s) into the corner and consign them to the pit of Hades?
They are just NOT WORKING. Bad fit, looks awful on me, whatever.
4. Once consigned to Hades, will you ever return to the d*mned project and complete?
Sometimes, when there's time; it's much more likely to be start over, though.
5. What about those projects you complete, and then decide you hate for whatever reason (doesn’t fit, don’t really like how it looks on you, etc.) How do you dispose of them?
They just sit in the closet or a box. Usually not worth selling or giving away - not complete enough.
6. When disposing of old costumes, do you pick off the good bits (the nice lace, the vintage buttons, etc.) to use on future projects, or does the dress move on to the great wardrobe in the sky more or less intact?
I've done that, but usually don't dispose of them.
7. Of course imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but have you ever gone anywhere (including to various Web pages) and found a gown that looks suspiciously like one that you created?
Once someone in my guild copied (badly) my pinked gold Elizabethan sleeves, even down to using the same color. Show a little imagination, folks!
8. Have you ever lifted design elements from the gowns of other costumers? (Let me be specific: Not vintage garments, not film costuming, but gowns created by costumers you have come across, either at events, cons, or on the Web.)
Probably, but I don't remember a specific incident; much more likely to be a technique that I then change to make it my own.
9. If you could pay someone to do one hated task involved in sewing, it would be…
Cutting out. No question. We hates it forever.
10. What are you working on now?
A new ruff for Folsom Faire, new smock for Folsom Faire; about to start a new bodice for Golden Gate Fair, something properly period, instead of just using my Elizabethan one with Henrician sleeves. Just went to the Tudor Tailor pattern-drafting workshop, so have a leg-up on the pattern.
You know the rules, now GO!
Many. My middle name is Multitasking.
2. How do you decide which projects to begin? Need? Whim? Herd mentality?
Usually driven by upcoming events; Pirate Faire tomorrow!
3. What are the sorts of things that will cause you to hurl said project(s) into the corner and consign them to the pit of Hades?
They are just NOT WORKING. Bad fit, looks awful on me, whatever.
4. Once consigned to Hades, will you ever return to the d*mned project and complete?
Sometimes, when there's time; it's much more likely to be start over, though.
5. What about those projects you complete, and then decide you hate for whatever reason (doesn’t fit, don’t really like how it looks on you, etc.) How do you dispose of them?
They just sit in the closet or a box. Usually not worth selling or giving away - not complete enough.
6. When disposing of old costumes, do you pick off the good bits (the nice lace, the vintage buttons, etc.) to use on future projects, or does the dress move on to the great wardrobe in the sky more or less intact?
I've done that, but usually don't dispose of them.
7. Of course imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but have you ever gone anywhere (including to various Web pages) and found a gown that looks suspiciously like one that you created?
Once someone in my guild copied (badly) my pinked gold Elizabethan sleeves, even down to using the same color. Show a little imagination, folks!
8. Have you ever lifted design elements from the gowns of other costumers? (Let me be specific: Not vintage garments, not film costuming, but gowns created by costumers you have come across, either at events, cons, or on the Web.)
Probably, but I don't remember a specific incident; much more likely to be a technique that I then change to make it my own.
9. If you could pay someone to do one hated task involved in sewing, it would be…
Cutting out. No question. We hates it forever.
10. What are you working on now?
A new ruff for Folsom Faire, new smock for Folsom Faire; about to start a new bodice for Golden Gate Fair, something properly period, instead of just using my Elizabethan one with Henrician sleeves. Just went to the Tudor Tailor pattern-drafting workshop, so have a leg-up on the pattern.
You know the rules, now GO!