February 20, 2007
Misc., Mostly Costuming
I am now 26. I am too busy to have a birthday party. This sucks, but I will cope.
I can tell you the year that Butterick went public. They published an appeal to their readers in an issue of the Delineator (which I now own) explaining the move and asking them to buy stock.
I now know that Lane Bryant started out making maternity wear and clothing for "stout" women in the early part of the 20th century. I have a period advertisement for one of their maternity corsets I need to scan for Wikipedia's article.
I have learned the hard way that I remember finishing details I have previously completed wrong. After ripping out the back 6 inches of waist band in my new skirt, I've fixed it to actually fit. It's very pink. As a corollary, I now have example pictures of the same Truly Victorian skirt with and without hem facing (something I would have wanted to see when deciding if I wanted to put that facing in). The pictures will probably make it online some time in March. As a secondary corollary, in the future I am machine sewing the damn facing in and putting pleats on the skirt to hide the seam line. It took me 6 hours to hand hem and my fingers still hurt.
I have reaffirmed that I am a push over when it comes to scary things. Some of the scenes from Pan's Labyrinth are still freaking me out occasionally.
I have rekindled my interest in Poe and Lovecraft, which considering the previous revelation probably won't turn out well for me. I have decided that once I make my Victorian mourning gown, I need to go visit Poe's grave for pictures. Additionally, I now own a hat with a raven on it.
Out of five costumes for Intercon G for myself, two are mostly normal clothes, one I don't know who I'm cast as, and I have finished 0.5 of the remaining 2. Out of three costumes for Intercon G that Alan has asked for help with, we have finished about 0.5 of them and really need to take a trip to Mallatt's for about another 1.5.
I have decided that I have collected more than enough Victorian and Edwardian magazines for now. I'm going to try not to buy more until I've scanned the ones I have. For some of the Delineators, this will be very exciting (since they have small margins and over 100 pages per issue).
I am way behind on web page updating (both my own and Shoe's art site) and especially far behind on updating my SR session notes. I probably won't be able to do anything about this until the middle of March.
Alan's birthday is on March 16th. I'm still not sure what to get him. I seem to forget all my good ideas before I can write them down.
Comments:Happy birthday, Eva! I hope you got the present I sent you.
I can't wait to see your Intercon costumes! I've been working on mine as best I can, considering I have only been cast in 2 of my 5 games. :-/ Fortunately, the only period game I'm in is SPQR which is Ancient Rome. Romans believed in exceedingly simple clothes, so my sewing projects are far less onerous than yours seem to be.
Only a week and a half left!
Thanks Kathleen! I really love the present, it's adorable. :)Post a Comment
Hopefully the costumes won't disappoint. I was supposed to get the regency one done in January, but I didn't so now I'm rather more behind than I like. Oh well, I'll pay for the procrastination I suppose. ;)
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