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Jan. 10th, 2025 01:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
totchipandaI did not sew last night, I tried to knit only to discover halfway through a 400-stitch row, I made a mistake in about stitch 8 and now need to back up across the whole dang thing to fix it. The kittens (especially Calcifer) wanted to help, a LOT, and they also spent a lot of time dashing back and forth in the apartment. I wish I could capture the sound of their lil peets in the carpet, it is such a joyful sound.
I did accuse them of being menaces (they are), but realized that I was probably hangry, and also I promised to love them extra bc one fandom friend lost her cat yesterday, and another one is losing hers today. I wouldn't trade their fuzzy antics for anything.
I think I have a plan for the Scout dress. I have several yards of a chocolate brown cotton sateen which I had purchased with intent to make (at least part of) a Jedi outfit, but in looking through the directions of the dress, it talked about making a sash for all the merit badges and I remembered that I have all of my Brownies gear, sash and badges and pouches. The brown sateen would be an excellent background for that lol. When would I ever wear my old Brownies accessories, I have no idea, but it's cute and I like it. I should have some Girl Guide buttons saved, too. So that at least is decided.
I desperately trying to avoid printing out the skirt pattern as it's just SO BIG. 38 pages, which I know bc I thought if I just printed the hem and waist areas, could I get away with just filling in the middle with blank paper? The middles take up 20 pages, which the upper and lower parts are 18. I don't know if that's really feasible. Either way, I can start with the bodice. Do I just shorten the bodice and charge ahead, or make a mock up first? (Answered my own question, I will shorten it and forge ahead! #yolo!!)
Going along with that, I wonder how much effort I want to put into the whole "mid century" look. Partly inspired by someone I follow on IG who went from an ultra-femme 50s look to a more 90s grunge look as she settled into her identity as a queer woman, I don't want to get too trapped. I do enjoy the costumey aspects of historical clothing, and I particularly enjoy wearing the underwear that comes with it, so maybe I would be OK with getting into the whole waist cinchers and petticoats etc. It is ~*~ a look ~*~ and I'm not wholly opposed to pursing that.
I am almost certainly overthinking this. I get stuck in a loophole of wanting inner layers to support outer layers and also prevent anything that would be a sensory no-go for me (i.e., anything that is too tight or digs in in uncomfortable places; sometimes that is "it has a TEXTURE".) I need to stop fretting and start small. Maybe that's just a jersey slip for now. I liked the petticoat I mentioned in a previous post bc its not so frou-frou which, to me, would be too much for my workplace.
Really, I need to just START, period. All the planning in the world only gets you so far. OK, I am committing to the dress, a slip, and a simple petticoat. Timeframe TBD.
I started shedding large clots or something on Tuesday, which continued apace until this morning (in which I woke up at 12:30, 3 and 5:15 to deal with). I wasn't expecting my period until probably tomorrow, and if I just had four days of chunks the size of my cupped palm and have to deal with 5-8 days of bleeding, I am going to SCREAM. No word yet on when the IUD is being done.
Two weeks until our concert!!!! I think I will dye my hair this weekend so it has a chance to settle before we go :)
I did accuse them of being menaces (they are), but realized that I was probably hangry, and also I promised to love them extra bc one fandom friend lost her cat yesterday, and another one is losing hers today. I wouldn't trade their fuzzy antics for anything.
I think I have a plan for the Scout dress. I have several yards of a chocolate brown cotton sateen which I had purchased with intent to make (at least part of) a Jedi outfit, but in looking through the directions of the dress, it talked about making a sash for all the merit badges and I remembered that I have all of my Brownies gear, sash and badges and pouches. The brown sateen would be an excellent background for that lol. When would I ever wear my old Brownies accessories, I have no idea, but it's cute and I like it. I should have some Girl Guide buttons saved, too. So that at least is decided.
I desperately trying to avoid printing out the skirt pattern as it's just SO BIG. 38 pages, which I know bc I thought if I just printed the hem and waist areas, could I get away with just filling in the middle with blank paper? The middles take up 20 pages, which the upper and lower parts are 18. I don't know if that's really feasible. Either way, I can start with the bodice. Do I just shorten the bodice and charge ahead, or make a mock up first? (Answered my own question, I will shorten it and forge ahead! #yolo!!)
Going along with that, I wonder how much effort I want to put into the whole "mid century" look. Partly inspired by someone I follow on IG who went from an ultra-femme 50s look to a more 90s grunge look as she settled into her identity as a queer woman, I don't want to get too trapped. I do enjoy the costumey aspects of historical clothing, and I particularly enjoy wearing the underwear that comes with it, so maybe I would be OK with getting into the whole waist cinchers and petticoats etc. It is ~*~ a look ~*~ and I'm not wholly opposed to pursing that.
I am almost certainly overthinking this. I get stuck in a loophole of wanting inner layers to support outer layers and also prevent anything that would be a sensory no-go for me (i.e., anything that is too tight or digs in in uncomfortable places; sometimes that is "it has a TEXTURE".) I need to stop fretting and start small. Maybe that's just a jersey slip for now. I liked the petticoat I mentioned in a previous post bc its not so frou-frou which, to me, would be too much for my workplace.
Really, I need to just START, period. All the planning in the world only gets you so far. OK, I am committing to the dress, a slip, and a simple petticoat. Timeframe TBD.
I started shedding large clots or something on Tuesday, which continued apace until this morning (in which I woke up at 12:30, 3 and 5:15 to deal with). I wasn't expecting my period until probably tomorrow, and if I just had four days of chunks the size of my cupped palm and have to deal with 5-8 days of bleeding, I am going to SCREAM. No word yet on when the IUD is being done.
Two weeks until our concert!!!! I think I will dye my hair this weekend so it has a chance to settle before we go :)
