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The near future
May. 17th, 2007 09:41 amIt's garden-planting time here in MN, so I've been spending a lot of my time and energy outside starting all the little vegetable babies and taking care of them instead of sewing. I'm kind of freaking out, though, because May is more than half over and I haven't really completed much on my (completely overambitious) list of projects, and their (admittedly arbitrary) deadlines are looming. Sometimes I really wonder why I'm freaking out, though, because since I am essentially unemployed right now, I don't really need to be doing anything. I just feel kind of worthless when I loaf, though.
Anyway, stuff:
The stays: I think the fear of a new, unexplored costume territory (for me, I mean) has been keeping me from working on this much. I couldn't find any leather binding in the width/color I wanted, and whole skins cost too much, so I got some nice tight broadcloth to cut bias strips from to use for binding. I need to wash that today, then I can finish the stays, hopefully this weekend.
Embroidery: I started a new piece (alas, also destined for the couch) on a great nubbly handwoven silk in blues and white. I'm doing a single, large dragonfly in bright green, orange, light blue, and yellow cotton.
Mending/alterations: (Pretty ho-hum.) I started the "old summer dresses salvage project." I cut one dress off and made a skirt, mended holes in another, remade an old printed T-shirt, and I have a few more old pieces that I think can have new life breathed into them for summer. (Unemployed = trying to be frugal!)
And the most exciting, the Minnesota State Fair! (If you don't live here, it might seem odd that I'm so excited about this, but in MN, people take the State Fair very seriously!) I pre-registered for all my Creative Activities competition categories the other day, including small stuffed toys, historical reproduction garments, and embroidery. I also registered in some baking lots. Last year I only entered baked goods, but I won a third place ribbon for my zucchini-carrot-walnut-banana-bran muffins in the muffin with vegetable category. The Fair is in late August, so I'll be working on my submissions between now and then. And honestly, some of the submissions are stuff I was going to make anyway; for the historical clothing category, I'm planning on entering the lobster bustle (which is on the to-do list - extra motivation!)
I hope I can manage to stay busy and productive!
Anyway, stuff:
The stays: I think the fear of a new, unexplored costume territory (for me, I mean) has been keeping me from working on this much. I couldn't find any leather binding in the width/color I wanted, and whole skins cost too much, so I got some nice tight broadcloth to cut bias strips from to use for binding. I need to wash that today, then I can finish the stays, hopefully this weekend.
Embroidery: I started a new piece (alas, also destined for the couch) on a great nubbly handwoven silk in blues and white. I'm doing a single, large dragonfly in bright green, orange, light blue, and yellow cotton.
Mending/alterations: (Pretty ho-hum.) I started the "old summer dresses salvage project." I cut one dress off and made a skirt, mended holes in another, remade an old printed T-shirt, and I have a few more old pieces that I think can have new life breathed into them for summer. (Unemployed = trying to be frugal!)
And the most exciting, the Minnesota State Fair! (If you don't live here, it might seem odd that I'm so excited about this, but in MN, people take the State Fair very seriously!) I pre-registered for all my Creative Activities competition categories the other day, including small stuffed toys, historical reproduction garments, and embroidery. I also registered in some baking lots. Last year I only entered baked goods, but I won a third place ribbon for my zucchini-carrot-walnut-banana-bran muffins in the muffin with vegetable category. The Fair is in late August, so I'll be working on my submissions between now and then. And honestly, some of the submissions are stuff I was going to make anyway; for the historical clothing category, I'm planning on entering the lobster bustle (which is on the to-do list - extra motivation!)
I hope I can manage to stay busy and productive!
