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I sew, do the software security, garden, and wonder about the future.

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I am very tired and I have a very big mess in my sewing studio to clean up.

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Also being tired, I am questioning why I do anything. So that’s good.

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My spouse just looked at a reference image of it. “That is ridiculous babe” 😅

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My son left this for me to find tonight. How!?

He says he saw it on the internet.

A video of a hand holding a mug showing that an elastic band is wrapped around it in a way that looks impossible.

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@timhutton topology, not even once.

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For absolutely no reason, the 11th season of the revolutions podcast is really good.

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Having a bonus monday of a day

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Now that many of my friends have first graders, I’ve come to the realization that I might have learned to read early.

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Using the local second hand art supply store as an excuse to clean out my craft drawers. If I give away enough things, I can buy more buttons!

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Having assessed the situation, I do not need more buttons.

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Someone tried to go fast and it slowed them down. It was me.
The wrinkled panels on the right were not pinned correctly before sewing, and I had to redo my work a couple times, and it still turned out wrinkly.
I will never learn.

Two three panel things I’ve sewn together for a corset project. The three panels on the left are soooo smooth. The ones on the right are not.
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Bones need to be bent, and the cups need to be taken in a little. I think i can do that. The body of the corset ends up contributing to that part of the fit, so I just need to compensate for that.
Not bad.

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And done

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Butt pad has been added. It is not fancy, but it exists.

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I have entered the ruffle zone.

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12 yards of organza hemmed and trimmed. Now to wipe off chalk marks and figure out the next step.

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Time to sew these two guys together, this project is a thread monster.

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Next step is to portion out the ruffles, iron them, flip the french seam, and then sew down the French seam.

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It’s frothy.

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OK, the showy ruffles are ruffled, and now I have to ruffle the support ruffles. I have to figure out how much this is and go from there.
Goal is to have all the ruffles sewn to the netting by the end of the day.

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I did not finish ruffle hell yesterday. Best estimate is this is another day of work.

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I’m assuming that other people would be faster at this.
The first four rows are sewed on, and the fifth is pinned on. The top row is three layers, every other tier is two ruffle strips, one of two layers and the other a single. I’m lining up their hems the best I can as I go.

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I am not going rip out the ruffle that is slightly off, but I really want to.

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Ruffles are attached. Going to finish the mesh skirt they’re part of, and then contemplate my next move

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Next move is the train, and the train has lace fig leaves on it. So I need to make lace fig leaves. These are also going to take forever.

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OK, I’ve been dealing with being almost sick for several days, but it is time to cut the good fabric.

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This is one of those colors that is really hard to photograph, but I’m very excited by this matching situation between the organza and taffeta.

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I am a ridiculous human.

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At one point I thought a dozen sewn lace leaves was the easy option. I am no longer suffering from this delusion.

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Pinned on to check placement. I am starting to sympathize with the people who break out the hot glue to attach trim.

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Back working on the gown. This is taking for actual ever, and I would like it to be done now.

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The gown project has gotten exciting again.

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Did I almost ruin it? Yes. I am currently figuring out how to fix it and I think I need a nap.

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OK, this covers the grease stains that almost ruined this earlier. OK, time to stitch this down.

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Pivoted to the shrug for the weekend. Pattern looks good. I will probably cut the final version tonight after a break.

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I do not need to face and line these sleeves. And yet, here I am.

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Time to take a deep breath and cut more silk.

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The trim is almost all tone on tone and subtle, but that doesn’t make it less labor intensive sadly. I’ll be over here folding bias tape for the next 30 minutes.

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Today’s job: get all costume pieces wearable. There are decorations that might not make the deadline.

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Bodice get!

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Skirt! Going to add a waistband. So close to this existing as a thing.

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I will never get over this cindarella trick of stuffing a corset with a pillow and sticking it on a stool.

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Accordion pleating organza is kind of meditative.

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We’re in full crunch now. Button holes half done. Time to do the other sleeve

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I’ll be back at this tomorrow, but other sleeve has button holes, and I have attached a ribbon to one sleeve, and the other is ready for it to be tacked down.

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Going to use this to cover the snowsuit zipper at the back of the bodice.

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Time to spend two hours getting dressed in this monstrosity that took too many months to make. The end result should hopefully look a little like this. I’ve got a photoshoot with my usual photographer, and I can’t be late.

This is a costume illustration by Sakizou. It is labeled Fig Dress, and the lady is wearing a vaguely victorian purple, mauve, and pink ruffled gown. There’s a lot going on. My dress is maybe less intense, but it exists in three dimensional space, which is a benefit this morning.
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