So I realize not everyone is part of my friends on FB or follows the Dress Diaries community here, which means I've been a little lazy about posting pictures on the primary blog of the finished 12 in 12 photos. I'm hoping that at the very end of the project I'll figure out a way to take nicer photos of all of the outfits, but for now, here are the ( Read more... )

 The Regency dress was a total success. The armholes need to be larger at the front (as evidenced by some painful bruising this morning) and I'll want to make sure the bodice on the petticoat is cut low in front so it doesn't show, maybe readjust the position of one sleeve since it's crooked, and hem the skirt a half inch or so. But otherwise, ( Read more... )

 I came home today to a very warm apartment. All of the heaters were off but it just gets so humid... The first order of business was to turn on the bedroom fan and open the living room window. I thought I'd amuse myself and the cats by giving them a big bowl of water with ice cubes in it. This made my old cats crazy as they played with the ice ( Read more... )

 Things I did today that I needed to do:

• Started getting back on track with waking up at 6:30 every day
• Flossed
• Worked on Joe's scarf
• Braided the silver ribbon for the Regency dress
• Played with the cats

 Ok self, no more roving. Really. You just bought 4 oz from one person, 8 oz from another, and 12 more oz on their way. You can stop now.

I've finally gotten around to the next 12 in 12 post. It seems to be inescapable to start projects later than I should only to have to rush them more than I want to in order to finish them on time. At least having a firm deadline means I *will* finish them. As was seen with February's project, getting the basics done for an event and then hoping to ( Read more... )

 Lots of knitting tonight (and in general).

Monday I couldn't stand it anymore and cast on a pair of socks for myself. I'm entered in the March sock knitting challenge on a Ravelry group with the only requirement to win being finish the socks you start that adhere to X requirements. One of March's options is lace, which is convenient since the ( Read more... )

Playing the "I'm going to get you" game only works if you don't just stand there and purr at me.

 Huh, apparently my sewing machine was a gift for my 21st birthday. I'd completely forgotten. Go me for sewing for four years now! I like to think I've actually gotten better since my first attempts.

So I'm condensing the number of blogs I have on the internet. I went through a phase (possible still going through it) where I broke down everything I wrote into different types of blogs. Naturally, some I kept posting to and others simply stopped being updated. I've decided to try and condense them into fewer numbers, so now my archive section ( Read more... )