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May. 14th, 2024 01:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
totchipandaTried the stays on last night, after dinner so I have a pretty good idea how they'd fit if I were to put them on in the morning. I'm happy with the fit right now, though of course I can't know fully until I wear them for longer than 10 mins. This time I laced them up with cord which was tricksy bc it's exactly 3 yards and while that's long enough once laced, it's a squeeze to get it in all the holes while also being loose enough to twist it around my body. I put a safety pin in the spot the eyelet will go and tied it off there which worked well. I tried my cotton Amalia jacket on over top to make sure everything was in place as it should be, and it was. Success!
Spent last night just laying around, watching Bridgerton in prep for season 3 (part 1, grr) coming out on Thursday and playing video games (especially prior to trying on the stays). I'll work on the lining tonight perhaps, or move on since they're 100% wearable as they are. I was kind of emotionally drained too, from my gramma snarking at me the night before and conversations with my boss* and moving into my own office! I have humongous windows and the peace I need to actually get shit done without people interrupting me or just being loud in my vicinity.
I ended up moving myself bc she said she had told the maintenance person not to bother (really I didn't have much stuff, but my supervisor was just here and she rolled her eyes when I told her), but first she came by and said that taking care of the coffee machines upstairs is my project, and I had completely forgotten about the 330 pm checks. It's not on my calendar, so it just didn't occur to me. But she was grumpy about it and she's the kind of person who makes her initial reactions everyone's problem. We've been really good since last year's terribleness but it would behoove me to remember that she's not a safe person.
Hoping to be a little more ambitious, sewing-wise, in the next few evenings. I have so many plans and ideas, and all I really need to do is commit. I said I would work on a Deer & Doe Bruyere shirt with a friend, and of course I am second guessing everything about it. What fabric do I use? What if I ruin it forever?? I pulled out some poly-blend white and blue plaid and a black poplin, then said I would use the poplin, but I know for a fact that it wasn't pre-washed and what if it shrinks when it gets washed?? I hate waiting for things to be pre-washed. (And then if I do pre-wash, do I throw it in with other fabrics, and do I HAVE to do like colours??) (Why yes, I AM overthinking this, severely.) I KNOW everything will be fine; I think the poplin has a little stretch which should keep it from shrinking significantly.
Maybe I need to work on something else first... but also what. SIGH sometimes the worst part of sewing is deciding where to begin.
Spent last night just laying around, watching Bridgerton in prep for season 3 (part 1, grr) coming out on Thursday and playing video games (especially prior to trying on the stays). I'll work on the lining tonight perhaps, or move on since they're 100% wearable as they are. I was kind of emotionally drained too, from my gramma snarking at me the night before and conversations with my boss* and moving into my own office! I have humongous windows and the peace I need to actually get shit done without people interrupting me or just being loud in my vicinity.
I ended up moving myself bc she said she had told the maintenance person not to bother (really I didn't have much stuff, but my supervisor was just here and she rolled her eyes when I told her), but first she came by and said that taking care of the coffee machines upstairs is my project, and I had completely forgotten about the 330 pm checks. It's not on my calendar, so it just didn't occur to me. But she was grumpy about it and she's the kind of person who makes her initial reactions everyone's problem. We've been really good since last year's terribleness but it would behoove me to remember that she's not a safe person.
Hoping to be a little more ambitious, sewing-wise, in the next few evenings. I have so many plans and ideas, and all I really need to do is commit. I said I would work on a Deer & Doe Bruyere shirt with a friend, and of course I am second guessing everything about it. What fabric do I use? What if I ruin it forever?? I pulled out some poly-blend white and blue plaid and a black poplin, then said I would use the poplin, but I know for a fact that it wasn't pre-washed and what if it shrinks when it gets washed?? I hate waiting for things to be pre-washed. (And then if I do pre-wash, do I throw it in with other fabrics, and do I HAVE to do like colours??) (Why yes, I AM overthinking this, severely.) I KNOW everything will be fine; I think the poplin has a little stretch which should keep it from shrinking significantly.
Maybe I need to work on something else first... but also what. SIGH sometimes the worst part of sewing is deciding where to begin.
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Date: 2024-05-14 09:45 pm (UTC)Maybe not super best, but better than nothing is to just sink rinse fabric thoroughly or soak it, try to wring out as much water as can and then throw it in the dryer. Figure the wetting and the dryer does the most of the shrinking, right? Not sure why sinking it seems easier than the washing machine, but if that's the brain's solution, then okie dokie.
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Date: 2024-05-15 02:23 pm (UTC)Honestly my biggest issue with prewashing is that I no longer have access to free laundry, it costs me money to do anything with the machines :(
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Date: 2024-05-15 04:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-05-15 12:27 pm (UTC)(eyeroll)
These days dyes are much more stable and there is no reason for you to not throw the poplin in with some jeans or other darkish colors, you are OVER THINKING THIS.
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Date: 2024-05-15 02:17 pm (UTC)Believe me, I am well aware of how ridiculous that whole paragraph was (lolsob). Welcome to my brain, surely there is no chance of me being on the ADHD plus or minus autism spectrum (according to my therapist and doctor)
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Date: 2024-05-15 02:43 pm (UTC)no subject
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