Sewing hodgepodge
So in a fit of sheer ridiculousness, during the last month I have acquired TWO new sewing machines. Bringing the total number that live in our house up to five. And they are all named after robots.
Otilia is a 1960s Kenmore that will be used to sew the zombiehunter leather masks and any other really thick fabric I come across. Vision is a Bernina serger that I snapped off of craigslist for 50 bucks yesterday. Exciting!
Speaking of leather, Scone and I took a day trip to the Tandy Leather Factory, which was a surprisingly interesting place. Quote scone, half the store is for cowboys... half the store is for nerds who want a giant leather dragon buckle for their larp costume. Not one but TWO of the female employees who helped us pick out stuff told us all about the leatherwork that they had done for their own steampunk costumes. What what in the what. We dropped a hefty chunk of change to get all the leather/stud things, which ended up being cheaper after buying their club discount. So yeah, if anyone needs to buy leather stuff this year and wants a free 20% or so discount, let me know.
We've got all the leather and leather dye for the masks now, so before we head down for Carrie's baby shower I'm going to try and color some samples for everyone. So remind me to hand these little bits off next time I see you all, or in the case like of people like Emily who are out of town, mailing.
Random: costumes for Anime Boston will be Young Avengers! Wooooooz. Let's see if I can sew vinyl any better than I did back in 2003.
Otilia is a 1960s Kenmore that will be used to sew the zombiehunter leather masks and any other really thick fabric I come across. Vision is a Bernina serger that I snapped off of craigslist for 50 bucks yesterday. Exciting!
Speaking of leather, Scone and I took a day trip to the Tandy Leather Factory, which was a surprisingly interesting place. Quote scone, half the store is for cowboys... half the store is for nerds who want a giant leather dragon buckle for their larp costume. Not one but TWO of the female employees who helped us pick out stuff told us all about the leatherwork that they had done for their own steampunk costumes. What what in the what. We dropped a hefty chunk of change to get all the leather/stud things, which ended up being cheaper after buying their club discount. So yeah, if anyone needs to buy leather stuff this year and wants a free 20% or so discount, let me know.
We've got all the leather and leather dye for the masks now, so before we head down for Carrie's baby shower I'm going to try and color some samples for everyone. So remind me to hand these little bits off next time I see you all, or in the case like of people like Emily who are out of town, mailing.
Random: costumes for Anime Boston will be Young Avengers! Wooooooz. Let's see if I can sew vinyl any better than I did back in 2003.