Monday, February 1, 2010
please please please
b and i are on opposite sleep schedules which is really infuriating for both of us. when one is trying to sleep, the other wants to be productive. right now i REALLY REALLY want to get some sewing done but there's the issue of the dog. if it was just the two of us, this wouldn't be a problem. i'd sew quite contentedly for several hours uninterrupted while he slept.
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
meanwhile
since i'm not going anywhere any time soon, i've had a chance to work on that suit. turns out i had enough of both fabrics to do everything i needed to do, and still had some of the suiting left over for... i don't know. it's not a lot, but i could figure something out. maybe a little skirt? we'll see.
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- Miss Shigatsu @ 01/31/2010 10:08 PM - comments: (0)
snowed in
it's a good thing friday was payday because it meant i could go to the grocery store before we got snowed in for the weekend. it started somewhere around 4 am saturday and snowed all day, turning to freezing rain/sleet in the evening. it froze overnight giving everything a crunchy candy coating. it's been funny seeing axel's reaction to his first snow. it apparently makes chasing gumballs all that much more fun.
- Miss Shigatsu @ 01/31/2010 09:53 PM - comments: (0)
Friday, January 29, 2010
a snip here, a snip there
axel spent yesterday running around with charlie and last night b had to work, so by the time i picked up the pup and got him home, he was worn out and the house was quiet. i set his bed at the end of the hallway where he could see me, and managed almost an hour of work before he got too fussy for me to continue.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
progress
project 1.5 completed: http://www.flickr.com/photos/miss_shigatsu/sets/72157622830697931/
finally finished that white blouse last night. when i first put on the piece where the buttons and holes go, i neglected the interfacing, because i am lazy. but when i went to put the button hole in, the fabric wouldn't hold still, and i realized it really needed that extra stability. i considered skipping the buttons altogether and just leaving it open but decided that just wouldn't work either, so i broke down and pulled apart the front of the shirt, put in the interfacing, and stitched it all back up. tada, now i have buttons and holes. even ran some bias tape around the arm holes for stability there.
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Monday, January 18, 2010
basically done
well, i think i've done about all i can/will do on that dress. i'll try to get some pics today but i took it in, made the arm holes smaller, got new accessories for it, and i think i've got at least 3 ways i can wear it now.
i'm not sure b will like it at all (he hasn't seen it since i made the adjustments) but at least i can say it wasn't a total wadder. i don't entirely hate it now. i'm not sure how much wear i'll get out of it (i'm not much of a dress person) but there it is.
my only problem is what shoes to wear with it. if i wear it with the wide black belt, i have my knee-high boots and black tights. if i wear it with the brown leather belt, i have my brown leather slingbacks. but if i wear it with the white tights and white scarf, what shoes do i wear with it? the only white shoes i have are sandals, and they're white white, where everything else is ivory. could i get away with, like, green? guess i'll try it...
- Miss Shigatsu @ 01/18/2010 11:32 AM - comments: (1)
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
OMG TEH QTE
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Monday, January 11, 2010
way to start off on the wrong foot
ok, so back to that little shift/jersey/pink dress.
i tried it on again with different belts and under garments, but it was no good. it looked awful (i got pics but they're still on the camera).
i tried taking it in 4 inches in the middle, tapering back out for the sleeves and hips, but it still wasn't working.
i've now cut the sides completely off down to the pattern size XS and quickly stitched it back together. i still received nothing more than a scowl and furrowed brow from b. "the neckline is too low, the arm holes are too big, it's too baggy in the waist..." basically he hates it all the way around.
so, super. my very first project of the year is a wadder. hell of a way to start off in style. :(
i think a really wide elastic belt and some scrunchy leg warmers would make it really 80's and i could maybe pull it off, but ugh. i'm just really bummed about the whole thing.
- Miss Shigatsu @ 01/11/2010 08:35 PM - comments: (0)
Monday, January 4, 2010
not right
i am sitting at my desk wearing a sweater over my blouse, and a blanket over that, and i'm shivering. my right hand feels like i held it in a bucket of ice water. i may have to go outside to warm up (and it's barely above freezing out there).
- Miss Shigatsu @ 01/04/2010 12:53 PM - comments: (0)
Sunday, January 3, 2010
my list
things i need to do today:
- spend all my money
- clean the whole house
- sew
- lament falling again for false promises and outright lies
- Miss Shigatsu @ 01/03/2010 11:39 AM - comments: (0)
