Cosplay progress :D
Mar. 20th, 2013 01:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
totchipandaI had a hard time getting up this morning (at 10:30am), which usually results in me having insomnia at night and being awake until ridiculous o'clock. If I was working early, I'd've just taken the little blue pill and sucked it up, but I'm working late, and since they taste horrendous and don't really work*, I'll just stay up. It's weird. If I'm not thinking about bedtime, I'm tired. As soon as I start to consider going up, I start to wake up. So, since I'm working late tomorrow, I figured I'd ease some guilt of reading this morning instead of costuming and go work on it.
Which, BTW, Graceling was a wonderful book. I could hardly put it down :D
*(They do work. They put my body to sleep and I go unconscious for a number of hours, rarely a full 8 even though they do make me groggy for just about 8 hours exactly. But they don't really put my mind to sleep and I still go through the day in a state of mental fog, and by the end of it, I feel as if I haven't slept at all. Not sure how I feel about them in general, if the physical effects are worth the mental ones.)
Anyway, I've achieved Frankenpatterning level 6. So far I've used 4 patterns in the construction of the dress, with plans of using 2 more. To make the main body, I put two patterns together, one a jacket I've used before, and one for a formal dress that's MUCH too long, but includes lines for placement of netting. I used the bottom level of netting and added a bit for the hem. It occurred to me as I was cutting it that I hadn't been TOO precise about making sure the pieces aligned properly and that I might have made a mistake with the skirt length. The fronts and backs were aligned to each other, but were they the same length?
Lining them up afterwards, I think I'm OK. I'm fucking brilliant. If it works, I'm going to make a real copy of the pattern pieces for future use :D
Also cut out: pockets! Pockets are going to save my life, I think. Camera in one pocket, phone in the other. I guess I better decide where to put my money too... (ETA: Hidden pocket in apron belt! Done.)
So now I just need to make the white parts and decided how to attach them. How far the zipper needs to go and be out of the way of pockets. Everything about the apron. Hat, which I forgot needs a lace edging. Style the wig (it needs its bangs cut).
And also decide what to bring for the other two days. I was hoping I miiiiight be able to squeeze Asami into my sewing too, but we'll see. I don't have anything I need for that one besides a wig.
Which, BTW, Graceling was a wonderful book. I could hardly put it down :D
*(They do work. They put my body to sleep and I go unconscious for a number of hours, rarely a full 8 even though they do make me groggy for just about 8 hours exactly. But they don't really put my mind to sleep and I still go through the day in a state of mental fog, and by the end of it, I feel as if I haven't slept at all. Not sure how I feel about them in general, if the physical effects are worth the mental ones.)
Anyway, I've achieved Frankenpatterning level 6. So far I've used 4 patterns in the construction of the dress, with plans of using 2 more. To make the main body, I put two patterns together, one a jacket I've used before, and one for a formal dress that's MUCH too long, but includes lines for placement of netting. I used the bottom level of netting and added a bit for the hem. It occurred to me as I was cutting it that I hadn't been TOO precise about making sure the pieces aligned properly and that I might have made a mistake with the skirt length. The fronts and backs were aligned to each other, but were they the same length?
Lining them up afterwards, I think I'm OK. I'm fucking brilliant. If it works, I'm going to make a real copy of the pattern pieces for future use :D
Also cut out: pockets! Pockets are going to save my life, I think. Camera in one pocket, phone in the other. I guess I better decide where to put my money too... (ETA: Hidden pocket in apron belt! Done.)
So now I just need to make the white parts and decided how to attach them. How far the zipper needs to go and be out of the way of pockets. Everything about the apron. Hat, which I forgot needs a lace edging. Style the wig (it needs its bangs cut).
And also decide what to bring for the other two days. I was hoping I miiiiight be able to squeeze Asami into my sewing too, but we'll see. I don't have anything I need for that one besides a wig.
