Exploration and Treasure

[denimninja]

For a while now I've been thinking that it would be nice to have access to a sewing machine. I figure if I did, then it would be easier to motivate myself to work on some of the project ideas that bounce around my head. Unfortunately, I have had neither the space nor the money for one, so it hasn't been possible.

So yesterday I went to Savers to

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[setra]

Does it have a little metal thingy with a bobbin in it, or does the bobbin drop in.
I can help you figure out either, but I'm better with the little metal bobbin cases.

Also, you might try talking to people at a local sewing machine repair place of JoAnn if you have one. Once in a while they have a person who can help you figure things out and sometimes the visual really helps.

Congrats and Good luck!

[denimninja]

It has a black plastic thingy the bobbin seems to drop into.

After a bit of google searching I found it resembles this:
http://shopping.discovery.com/product-63467.html

There's a downloadable manual, but the instructions aren't entirely clear to me, so I may still need help after I actually try what it says.

[mars_of_war]

That's so exciting.
I've found that NDK being right before Halloween has always been a huge asset for costuming. Unfortunately, it seems like every year it's a little earlier. I'm waiting for the year it's in like...August or something.

NDK is so soon. @_x I think lightningrapier and I are going, but not if we don't get these damn costumes finished. AND THIS YEAR I PUT AWAY MONEY FOR A BADGE AND HOTEL ROOM so we're going in style, not like last year, which sucked. >.<

WHAT COSTUMES ARE YOU DOING PLZ.

[denimninja]

Do to lack of time/skill, I'm doing a casual/human world version of Luppi from Bleach. So it's kinda ghetto, but still takes some effort. Like making really really long sleeves and a mask piece, and getting a wig. I may also wear a really ghetto costume of Canada from Axis Powers Hetalia that I also wore for Otakon... but we'll see.

mazokuspaz is gonna be a casual/human world Ulquiorra, and someone from Kingdom Hearts I believe.

miladynamizoro is going as Misa from Death Note and she might or might not be School Uniform!Matsumoto from Bleach, but not sure. We'd both still like to do Hyoutei cosplay, but at this point there's no way that'll happen unless we can beg/borrow/steal/buy uniforms or something...

[mars_of_war]

Yeah. We're not doing Hyoutei, either. It didn't seem like that was really what everyone still wanted to do when we got together to watch myu, and it ended up being way out of our price range this year, anyway.

I would love to, but it's not happening this year. ;0;

Our big costumes this year are Pliskin and Otacon from Metal Gear Solid. We're still finishing them up right now, actually, and that'll be the determining factor on whether or not we go, but chances are good that we'll be there.

Did you figure out how to work the sewing machine? I asked my mom what the problem might be and she said it might be your tension on the machine. She also said that if you don't use the right needle (like if you're trying to use a denim needle on thinner cloth) sometimes it can cause that problem.

[denimninja]

Well, me and my mom managed to figure out the bobbin thing, but then we realized the needle has stopped moving up and down unless I turn the hand crank and we can't figure out why. So it might be broken. I might bring it to NDK if anyone else wants to try messing with it, but for now I'm going to borrow my mom's so I can finish stuff for NDK.