Not Allowed Any More New Projects. Who's with me?!

[isabelladangelo]

Rani, I love yard sales for that reason - you never know what other seamstresses have hidden away.  :-)

My local thrift store has had some GORGEOUS material lately.  I've ended up with several yards of different wool and wool blends for me and some stunning orange brushed denim.   My youngest brother's birthday is coming up and I'm making him a cape out of the orange denim.   Ever since he saw Mom's wool cape, he's wanted a cape too. 

[LadyStitch]

My weakness at yard sales/ swap meets are buttons.  I snagged an old table top sewing organizer from the 1950's-60's for $20.  Inside was about , I kid you not, 500+ high quality buttons.  What was even better was that there were multiples of each kind.  Instead of the 1-2 per card, there were 15-20 of varying sizes of pearl buttons, 4 hole, and two hole utilitarian buttons. We won't go into the number of nice whole packages of twill tape, bias tape and such.

I might have created another monster.  I got a great deal on a 20 yard spool of 3/4"  grosgrain ribbon in ivory. When I got it the PP thought I was nuts and asked, what are you going to do with THAT MUCH ribbion.  After seeing me do this loopy- do thing on a black bolero jacket I am making for one of actresses he thinks it's really cool.  I fear what project he may come up with for me. 

BTW I love how 1880-1890'a out fits look but diety help me me with the bustles!  The PP is laughing that I might as well be doing window shade the number of rings, loops, grommets and other lacing I have to do. Oy!  When I get those projects I'll post them in mundane. 
As for the fuzzlet's out fit for TRF, I canalized an old lace petticoat for a girls dress in my show.  There was 2 yards of of a 9 " strip of lace petticoat left.  Funny enough, if I add an elastic waist band to it, it made the Fuzzlet a perfect petticoat for under her new outfit.  That saved us money, and now I only need .75-1 yard of lace, and it will be good to go.  Yay!

[Rani Zemirah]

LOL  We have completely corrupted the intent of this thread, I believe!    (facepalm) 

[LadyStitch]

Hey I have not added any more PERSONAL projects to my list.  Now if clients add them, it isn't my fault. 

[Rani Zemirah]

Pffftt... I've added more than I can count, I think! 


I'm soooo weak when it comes to new fabric... 

[Rani Zemirah]

I have soooo (jumped) fallen off the wagon.  I may need an intervention.   


I've been pretty good about not buying new fabrics JUST because, y'know... they're pretty, or I'm suddenly inspired to make something new when I see them... or they're on sale. 

I DID go to the Hancock Fabrics Veteran's Day Sale, however... and I DID make one impulse purchase while I was there... but it was a last minute addition to an already listed project, and it was DEEPLY discounted... so maybe that one wasn't too bad.  All but one of the rest of the purchases I made that day were for a new project, but it's for new foundation pieces (simple skirt and chemise) for my daughter, because of a seriously lucky Moresca Ebay find, so I don't feel too badly about those, either.  I ended up paying less than $32 for around $90 worth of fabrics, and all of them earmarked for specific projects... so maybe I wasn't as bad as all that, after all. 


(And maybe we just won't mention the batiks I've been gathering bit by bit, for the last several years, for the Silver Squirrel-esque patchwork skirt project that may or may not ever actually get started... )

[isabelladangelo]

My list for right now:

Finish the 1860's gown based off this dress
Make my silk taffeta (Stash!) 1860's ball gown
Finish the 1860's underpinnings (chemises, bloomers, ect.  The corset is done!)
Make a couple of winter bonnets for the 150th Anniversary of Gettysburg

After that, I need to make an 1820's corset, an 1820's ball gown, and probably and 1820's hairpiece

Then, maybe, I can make my Turkish and Italian stuff I need to make for 12th night!

[Rani Zemirah]

See?  We don't have ANY of these type of events to attend, not anywhere around here.  Maybe if we did I would branch out into other eras.  I'm just happy we now have a Steampunk Convention in the fall, a Medieval Festival and then Ren Faire in the spring, and a Costuming convention (pretty much anything goes, although it does have a changing "theme" every year) in the summer.  It's more than some places, although apparently it's next to nothing compared to some places! 

[LadyStitch]

The local costumers guild causes all kinds of fun around here. They do dickens christmas, a titanic thing, a spring Edwardoan Tea, when there is a new movie a new theme there, and don't forget they are part of the Ren faire around here with meet and greets.  Oh you can find them, you just have to know where to look.

[Rani Zemirah]

Except that we're not down THERE... we're in OKC, and our costumers group used to meet for tea once a month or so, and there were 3-4 of them.  They din't have soirees, and now they are reduced to a facebook group, period.  We DO have a Steampunk Tea every now and then, though, and those are better attended, but still not a big event, they are just a casual get together for chatting and the occasional craft workshop... in costume.  Hour and a half to two hours, tops.  Never an evening function, or a ball, or anything like that.  There WILL be a Dicken's stroll in a few weeks, in one of the small historic towns nearby, outside, in the cold, in December... but even that is only a short 2 hour event, and it's less for socializing than it is for being "seen". 

[LadyStitch]

I started keeping a project log.  That way I know what I have going on so I don't "over burden"  myself.  Anytime I have a project I want to make I add it to the list.   I did get 4 projects off the list this week, but how did I end up adding 4 more to it in the same time???  I thought the goal was to get things OFF the list?  Not add to it.

I am sad to say I did a "bad" thing.  I had 3 copier boxes full of cotton and cotton blend scraps.  I gave them away to 3 quilting sisters.  2 days later they 'repay' me with a  huge tub of 1.5+ yard lengths of upholstery fabrics, silks, and velvets.  /sigh

[Rani Zemirah]

Oh, I would be more than happy to take THAT off your hands, Stitch!    heheh 

[CenturiesSewing]

Updating my list

Regency stays - abandoned
Elizabethan loose jacket thing from 2006...needs lining put in and trim on the tabs
Tudor pointed hood, needs wire and velvet facing
Fantasy elf dress - just needs neckline binding

Purple cotte- needs all the eyelets
Other purple dress- needs eyelets and seam finishing

Skirted doublet - draft collar, cut lining and skirts, make buttons and hand sew button holes

[Rowan MacD]

   2 ruffs-need laces and final fittings. 
   Merida dress for grand daughter-needs hemming and snaps on the upper sleeve straps for a quick release option in the heat.  I need to re-do the neck laces, I can't get them to look right.
   
  Hubby busted me sneaking in a bag of colored cotton remnants-I kinda, sorta promised the Queen a  Tudor Rose banner for her tent....which needs to be done in 2 weeks. 
   I still need a yard of twill or light canvas in a natural color for the actual banner. I think I have a dowel I can stain to hang it on.

[LadyStitch]

Oh, I would be more than happy to take THAT off your hands, Stitch!    heheh

Yeah well... I have to say I want want is in that tub.  Too much yummy stuff in there.

Ok, I have to admit something.  If tell me there is no way I can do something, I will set out to prove you wrong.  My daughter's teacher asked me on Monday if I could make her and her daughter an under bust corset for next Wednesday.   The next day she said, not to worry about it because there is no way I could do it.   / Sigh .....  So, I couldn't sleep last night and proceeded to start an under bust corset for her at 9 pm and night and finish it the same night.  I used all stash fabric, boning, and grommet.  What was funny was the family didn't know I had even made anything I had cleaned up after myself so well.  I was SUPPOSE to finish the 4  Christmas presents, and do the Victorian bodice mock up, and maybe even pull out the orange wool for my dress. Well there is always tonight, tomorrow, and Sunday, right?