Had a hockey game tonight. It was going quite well, and we actually scored first, and kept a 1-0 score up until the last minute and a half of the game. I was playing centre, and we were short handed, so only running two lines. That means we needed to skate fairly short shifts, 45 secs , no more than a minute on the ice at a time. I skate even ( Read more... )

Took the little pink dress to the rink with me to show the manager at the pro shop. He likes it enough that he may order a few for the shop. rar ( Read more... )

The dress turned out to be a hit! It took about 7.5-8hrs from start to finish (got several phone calls and took a quick break between finishing the pinafore & starting the dress, to have a quick salad for dinner). The dress is fairly comfy to wear, and fairly quick to construct ( Read more... )

okay, the general consensus is that I do the dress in red & the pinafore in black. Now I just need to find some red lace trim (ebay?). I picked up black and white wooly nylon thread today at G street, since I'm reworking a black skating dress I had laying around that was basted together for a fitting garment. I'm going to resew it properly, and ( Read more... )

Rar, pink stars skating dress ended up going for 33 bucks. Started it out at 19.99 and it got 11 bids. :> Also had an email asking if I could make it in a larger size (girl's 10/12). I have more of the fabric, so I suppose I could ( Read more... )

Game 6 of the Sharks-Avalanche playoff series. They're tied at 1, and regulation time is finished. They're going into OT, and this game could go all night. Let's go Sharks! *crossing fingers ( Read more... )

Listed seven skating dresses on ebay today. That should spur me on to get more of them made, I suppose ( Read more... )

Listening to the game on streaming audio, and the Sharks just won Game 3 of their western conference semifinals against Colorado. YAY YAY YAY! :> Here's hoping they can keep up the good work! :>

Well, five of my dresses sold at the sale this weekend. I'll get a cheque for about 150 bux in a couple of weeks. Think I may get some custom orders soon, since I ended up giving out my contact info quite a lot. Watched a couple of my friends do their routines. V- ended up taking third place but S- took first place in her division. V- just had ( Read more... )

Got up early this morning to take skating dresses down to the consignment sale at the rink. Long and short of things, is I may be able to make my living at this stuff. I was getting 'pounced on' by parents as I was pulling each dress out of the bag. Apparently I do nice work. The sale is being put on by a local precision skating team, and it ( Read more... )