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The BB-8 baby dress is finished and in the mail! Picture here: www.instagram.com/p/B2tH5vBAP7W/
Of course, while I was doing the embroidery, I found out that when I brought my machine in for service a couple months ago, something must have been put back a little wrong, because when I started embroidering at the 600 speed (medium), it started breaking needles repeatedly. It turned out they were hitting the needle plate! I was able to finish it at the 350 speed (slow), but that really slows down the embroidery time. I talked to the service people and they said it's still under warranty, and they can do a rush repair on it, so I'll only be without it for a week, but that's still obnoxious, since now I have a bunch of embroidery I need to do. I'm going to bring it in on Sunday, so that I can still use my machine tomorrow and Friday, when I should have a bit of sewing time, and I'll just be without it next week, when I have rehearsals and shows every day, and probably won't have time to use it anyway.
We opened The Butler Did It, and other than having a very drama-filled tech week, both tech and the opening weekend went very smoothly. Now I'm able to get back to some of my rehearsals for Secret Garden, which is really nice. I was pretty much caught up on all the blocking for the whole show yesterday! It's a lot to learn, but I can already tell this show is going to be so good. I'm super excited!
Anyway, I have an amazingly rehearsal-free evening tomorrow, and I'm also not working on Friday, so I have the day free. I was waffling between seeing Downton Abbey and sewing, but I think sewing is going to win out. I really want to cut out and assemble the circle skirt for the fireworks skirt, so that the hem can hang out for a week before I actually hem it. If I manage all of that, I will also probably start on the sleeves for my Ariel dress, or possibly hem the Rapunzel Dapper dress, which has been hanging out for over a month now.
Of course, while I was doing the embroidery, I found out that when I brought my machine in for service a couple months ago, something must have been put back a little wrong, because when I started embroidering at the 600 speed (medium), it started breaking needles repeatedly. It turned out they were hitting the needle plate! I was able to finish it at the 350 speed (slow), but that really slows down the embroidery time. I talked to the service people and they said it's still under warranty, and they can do a rush repair on it, so I'll only be without it for a week, but that's still obnoxious, since now I have a bunch of embroidery I need to do. I'm going to bring it in on Sunday, so that I can still use my machine tomorrow and Friday, when I should have a bit of sewing time, and I'll just be without it next week, when I have rehearsals and shows every day, and probably won't have time to use it anyway.
We opened The Butler Did It, and other than having a very drama-filled tech week, both tech and the opening weekend went very smoothly. Now I'm able to get back to some of my rehearsals for Secret Garden, which is really nice. I was pretty much caught up on all the blocking for the whole show yesterday! It's a lot to learn, but I can already tell this show is going to be so good. I'm super excited!
Anyway, I have an amazingly rehearsal-free evening tomorrow, and I'm also not working on Friday, so I have the day free. I was waffling between seeing Downton Abbey and sewing, but I think sewing is going to win out. I really want to cut out and assemble the circle skirt for the fireworks skirt, so that the hem can hang out for a week before I actually hem it. If I manage all of that, I will also probably start on the sleeves for my Ariel dress, or possibly hem the Rapunzel Dapper dress, which has been hanging out for over a month now.