This hoodie makes me happy. It’s going to be fricking sweet.
So far I’ve only pinned it, just to see how it’s all going to hang together. I think it’ll do.
Also…please note my rockingly delicious High School Musical pants. I made those too.
Also also…I have seen heaven, and it is called Textiles!
Best…fabric…store…ever!!!
Now I have to go sit in the lobby and keep Fanning safe from evil.
…I caved and bought the Water Tribe Sokka action figure off Ebay. Now he can join the Cluster of Warriors, the Circle of Friendship, and the Collection of Couples!
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Wait, wait, lemme ’splain.
The Cluster of Warriors, at the moment, consists of my Yoh Asakura and Ren Tao action figures. They’re all manly and *grr*
The Circle of Friendship is a set of six Disney Princess figurines that I typically line up in a circle so they look like they’re holding hands. Then I put the Cluster of Warriors in the center, so they’re surrounded by looooooove and fluffy dresses.
The Collection of Couples are three sets of my favorite animated couples: Eric and Ariel, Belle and the Beast, and Anya and Dimitri.
They go to college with me.
Because I am AWESOME.
THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE MY LAST POST:
-Got a freaking horrible, terrible cold
-Started rehearsing Kevin the Celt in preparation for our Wales trip: I am now playing the Blackbird AND the Pig
-Took my history exam. I have a C overall.
-Got an A on my theater education project. I’ll have an A or a B overall.
-Took my acting and directing final. Hoping for a B overall.
-Didn’t go to MTAC.
-Discovered there’s a Sokka action figure. Must…procure…immediately!
-Designed my first hoodie for my My Little Human label. I’m going to make it with a matching skirt.
-Went shopping for new clothes to wear while in Wales.
-Was named one of three Stage Managers for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
-Had to retool my novel, but I’m much happier with it now
-Wrote a 36 page Avatar fanfiction that I’m fairly pleased with
So yeah. That’s what’s going on in my life.
I’m going to post up some actual blogs soon. I promise. Really!
Currently watching: Mythbusters
I am so bored.
I don’t why. I mean, really. This been a SUPAH BUSY past two weeks, what with performing Kevin the Celt three times, auditioning for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, harrassing the teacher education department, cleaning my crampy little dorm room, and being supah tired in general.
Oh, well.
Anju progress? *pbthphbpth* (That was the noise of sticking out my tongue and doing that taunting thing). I just got so burned out on white satin that I haven’t sewn at all in the past two weeks. Oh, well. I’ll get my butt in gear and do something.
Meanwhile, I am on a freaking Avatar: The Last Airbender high. Sweet mother is Sokk/Toph the best pairing ever.
And now I’m bored and I don’t feel like blogging.
I’ll be back later.
Currently reading: 21 by Jeremy Iverson
I have a new water bottle. OMGee, it’s amazing!! It’s sturdy, there’s a fliptop, and a spiffy ice cube in the middle. And it can hold hot drinks too. Joy in a bottle, my friend, joy in a bottle. And only $7 at Target!
The final episode of Rock of Love II comes on next week. I really want Ambre to win. She’s smart, funny, gorgeous, and very grounded. Plus she’s only seven years younger than Brett, which is much more sensible than the 20-year-olds who want to shack up with the rocker who’s old enough to be their father. Although he is rockingly attractive…
Juno comes to DVD in a week. Huzzah! Patrick needs to see it.
Do you know what’s awesome? Avatar: the Last Airbender in French. I don’t know what it is, but it’s awesome.
I really should write my education observation paper.
Currently watching: Avatar season 2, episode #3:…can’t remember the episode name, but it’s awesome.
Ugh. This petticoat. This lovely, wonderful, obnoxious petticoat. I never want to see white satin again.
Henyways, I had to gather the five panels (!) and sew them to the waistband. The panels are so thick and heavy that I couldn’t sew them to one waistband, so I sewed 2 to one waistband and 3 to the other, then sewed them together at the top of the band.
Here’s me trying on my massive petticoat. (please forgive the hair)
And here’s a different shot.
It’s going to be even bigger once I put the elastic in. It’ll just be ginourmous!! Hopefully I can do the casing and elastic tonight during night watch, and get started on the jacket-dress too.
Oh, I’m tired.
Currently watching: Avatar season 1 episode #17: The Southern Air Temple
This’ll be quick, as I have to go make dinner. But here they are, all five petticoat panels. There’s not any ruffle trim…well, I didn’t do it quite right, and I have to wait until the petticoat is completely done. Oh, well.
Onto the waistband!
Currently watching: Avatar season 1 episode #13: The Blue Spirit
THIS IS GOING TO KILL ME.
So last night, I finished the edges of about half the ruffles when I went “Oh yeah, sleep. I’ll get up early tomorrow morning.”
Fast forward to 10:25 am. I awake after having a dream that I gave birth to quintuplets (3 girls and 2 boys), and that while I was asleep Patrick named the girls Ingrid, Gertrude, and Catalina, and didn’t understand why I was distraught, and then go “Oh wow…yeah, didn’t get started…I should do that.”
So I worked away steadily, until Patrick showed up and distracted me. We watched Hocus Pocus, which I had never seen, and is a very good movie, by the way. But in any case, I did not work as hard as I meant to.
But seriously. Twenty 6″ by 45″ ruffles that must be hemmed, gathered, sewn, and seam-finished to twenty 17″ by 20″ panels. And notice that I’m now on episode #13 of Avatar. Last post, I was on #3. I’d say that deserves a bit of a break. But although it’s a pain, it is rather satisfying to see those piles and heaps of smooth, shiny, crisp ruffles .
Next, I’m going to sew the 20 panels into five four-panel strips, and make the bit of ruffle detail that goes across the front.
Oh, and the Avatar box set on the pile in the middle marks the panels that will make up the top layer. They have the prettiest ruffles in my opinion.
Currently watching: Avatar season one episode #3: The Southern Air Temple
So far I’ve cut almost all of the pieces for the petticoat. First off, 20 panels to create the skirt.
The panels were made by cutting 17″ long pieces, then cutting them in half along the foldline. Eventually there’ll be five layers of four panels each.
Then I trimmed the sides of the panels.
Because they taper at the top, they’ll flare out more at the bottom.
Lastly, the ruffles and the trim.
There are 20 hem ruffles, each 6″ tall and as wide as the fabric width, and 6 ruffle detail pieces, each 3″ tall and as wide as the fabric width.
Now comes the real fun part. I have to hem all twenty ruffles, gather them, and sew them to the panels. It’s going to take me all night, seriously. So this is probably my last post for the night. Check back tomorrow to see what’s going down!
Here are my glorious supplies in all there glorious…glory.
12 yards white satin ($1 a yard at Walmart!)
6 yards black cotton
1/2 yard interfacing
One package 1 1/2″ wide elastic
Small black snaps
12 small black shank buttons
Remnant of white bias tape
6 yards 1″ wide black grograin ribbon
Spool of black thread
Spool of white thread
Pieces 1, 2, 3, and 7 from McCall’s 4948
Avatar: The Last Airbender seasons 1 and 2
Arrested Development seasons 1 and 2
Tin Man
All I can say is thank God for Walmart.
I’m missing some 1/4″ wide elastic, but I’m okay at the moment. Hopefully I can either scrounge some up or send the ever-loyal fiance Patrick to find me some. Or I can walk to Walgreens. Either way, I’m easy. Wait, no. Not that kind of easy…
