Tough decision, but I've put thermoplastics on the back burner for a little bit, so I can get two sewing costumes done. One, for Halloween at work, is Anna from Frozen. I'm not aiming for exact, but I have a green shirt, pink scarf, and black boots, so I decided to make a black vest and blue skirt and call it close enough. I made it my goal to finish the vest this week so I could do the skirt next week, and not be last-minute frantic panicking which seems to be a costume/ cosplay staple.This week absolutely conspired against me. I made the decision on Monday, but ran late at the gym. Tuesday was my birthday, and the house needed cleaning. Wednesday I had jury duty, which was literally across the beltway from where I live and got out at 5:30. Got home with enough time to cut the fabric out, fake a workout, and turn in. Thursday was an evening class, and Friday was preempted by a friend having issues.
Ok, fine, the weekend will be plenty of time to work on it. Except Saturday was lovely, and my gentleman suggested finishing some outdoor work we've been putting off, with a pressure washer that we borrowed from a friend and really need to get back... and I'd been meaning to winterize the garden anyway... and then we'd promised to meet some friends for dinner and card games... and that was the end of Saturday with no sewing done.
So today, I said no more. Got up, ate breakfast, and got to it. Despite the pattern doing things in an entirely unexpected and infinitely more difficult way than I've ever dealt with before, I did, in fact, get everything except buttonholes and buttons done. And got bread set up in the bread machine, packages to be mailed out wrapped and postage'd, food prepped for the rest of the week, groceries done, and stopped at the fabric store to get fabric for the skirt. Hectic, but I'm still on schedule, and this week should be calmer (knock on wood).(Ignore the "Front" written on the skirt - it's a mock-up that I left on there for modesty's sake.)
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