Sunday, December 26, 2010

Sorry for the long absense

So just wanted to pop in and say that I haven't forgotten the blog or the costume but these past couple of months have been crazy with other more immediate projects so it was temporarily put on hold.  


On Halloween was the big Woburn parade which required an approved costume (yes the very parade I wanted to finish this by but as it got closer I decided quality was better than meeting my arbitrary deadline and decided on another costume I had more done) but as both my approved Padme's are rather revealing and thereby cold I needed to finish the shawl for my Frustration (Fireside, Black Corset - pick the name you prefer...) so I could get that added to my approval and stay warm(er) at the parade:








In November I went to a Victorian Ball and had to finish a gown for that: 

Then came Christmas and the need to make presents - namely a vest for my sister, scarf for my dad and jewelry for my other sister and cousins... And of course the whole tons of parties, cleaning decorating (for Halloween party then Christmas - like the same day I undecorated from Halloween after I got home from Thanksgiving...) 

I am still sewing sequins... I have the top 2 rows around the whole skirt done and will be working on this a lot more in January, now that things have calmed down other-project-wise.  I will start the Embroidery on the corset as soon as the sequins is done - only one intricate thing at a time.  And I will sew the dress together and hem around the same time - to take breaks from the detail work.  I'm hoping to at least have the sequins done by Martin Luther King weekend, and the dress together with 2 colors of embroidery done by Feb break.  And perhaps all the embroidery and the headband sewn together by the beginning of March so I can focus on assembling the corset and edging the shawl in the first couple weeks of March and have the whole thing done by St Patrick's Day.  

Wish me luck!