Arg, I need to get to bed soon, as I'm really tired and I have to get up early, but I'm totally into the designing groove now and am busy draping another dress. I want to at least finish cutting tonight so I can assemble it tomorrow ( Read more... )

The dress is finished! YEAY! :D ( Read more... )

Have done something to my wrist to make it twinge again. And it had been doing so well! ;___ ( Read more... )

I've been sewing! I started a dress the day before yesterday, worked on it last night, and am now in the home stretch. The only problem is... I can't make up my mind about the lace! Do I want it just along the top? Do I want it to continue up the straps and across the back? Should I just not use it? Argh ( Read more... )

One thing I did last month was attend the Tokyo International Quilt Festival, held annually at Tokyo Dome. I'd been in 2007 and 2008, but had missed it last year. Overall, I don't think there were quite as many stand-outs as the other times I'd been, but there were still some very beautiful things to be seen. I appreciated the trend of using ( Read more... )

Let's see how I did, shall we? My to-do list for the day was:

- moar nihongo! Not as much as I would have liked, but my brain shut down around 10 and I couldn't make myself do anything more. Still, I'm now only a day and a half behind, instead of 3, so that's not too bad -- I have Tuesday off to catch up completely ^_^

- do another load of ( Read more... )

I still have to sew the bottom of the jacket and sew on the braid, but you know what? I am LIGHT-YEARS further than I was last year at this time. Last year, as you may recall, K and I were both up all night working on finishing the costumes. This year, there will be no all-nighter! *cheers for self ( Read more... )

I was up at 8 this morning for some good ol' nihongo taimu. I've taken to having the tv on with the volume down low as background noise while I study, because who knows? It might reinforce what I'm reading. XD It being Sunday morning, I fell on that silly kiddy show about two guys in one suit, which I hear some of you people like. It was pretty ( Read more... )

I've been keeping somewhat to myself lately, out of exhaustion, and who knows what else... I've got several things to post about, but for now, some bullet points.

- This girl is funny, hot, has a gorgeous voice, plays the guitar AND the banjo, and owns a bulldog. I've known her since we were three years old, so you can take my word for it, she's ( Read more... )

K and I met up at 10 this morning and headed to Nippori (or Nippofuckery, as it's known to certain people XD) to get our fabric on. We hadn't done so in ages, not since Hallowe'en, and we haven't really spent much time together over the past few months. At work, she's upstairs and I'm downstairs, so we don't really get to talk much during the day ( Read more... )