to say, yes, I'm still here! Sorry for the not posting, but I've been rather busy with the lead up to Armageddon and also with tafe work. I'm trying to limit my internet time so I can try to be more productive. It's kinda working! I've tried to catch up on my friend's list, but it's going to be a bit of a slow process! Sorry if I haven't been ( Read more... )

Sorry I haven't been online for a while, I'm almost out of net and it doesn't reset until the 5th, so I've had to ration my net time very carefully. I've got a few photo posts to do, but that will have to wait for a week or so ( Read more... )

Now that the Ball is over, I can focus on other things like....

TafeWe're gearing up for our next round of shows, so things are getting very crazy! Most of the class is working on Sweeny Todd, which looks to be freaking AWESOME! The costumes look amazing so far and on Friday I got to help with the breaking down of the 'beggar woman' dress. It was ( Read more... )

As it got closer to the ball, I had to stop posting updates so I could focus on actually getting all my sewing done. But in the end, I got it finished in time to wear to the ball! With a little help from my Fairy Godmother (aka sewaddicted) and The White Queen (aka Hairstyling extraordinare poisoned_kitty) of course! These wonderful ladies helped me get dreassed and ready ( Read more... )

Possibly :P ( Read more... )

I finally feel well enough to actually do stuff, yay! Still not completely recovered, but hopefully should be by the time the ball comes around! So, what have I been up to ( Read more... )

Which is... nothing ( Read more... )

So today was a complete bust! I decided I'd quickly get the frill for my second petticoat done before moving onto the overskirts, as I was still thinking about the maths involved with that and frills are easy, right? YEah... right ( Read more... )

I'm thinking lots about decoration ideas for my bustle dress. I've recently bought a couple laces off Ebay and I'm looking at buying some different flowers and some pearls online as well. I'll need to order them soon if I want to have them here in time to attach to the dress. So I need to make some decisions.


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I originally tried to drape the overskirts of my dress with a length of fabric, and had a kinda thing happening. But then I asked my teacher her opinion, and she was able to work out a much easier way to do it (which I would never have thought of, and it's probably much closer to period accurate!). We ended up doing a mini version, which I have ( Read more... )