Been A Long While...

Well I suppose it's time for an update! ^^ It has been a long while since I blogged! I have "successfully" designed and drafted my first pattern. I say successfully in the fact that I achieved my goal of designing and drafting the pieces. I now am set to the task of putting everything together and cutting out the fabric. I'm a little nervous... I think it will all go just as planned, but if they don't I will be really sad. I also discovered that I didn't buy enough buttons for the jacket! >.< I need to make a trip to my local Joann's, but they are moving so chances of them having the buttons is slim.

I'm currently having a debate with myself about whether or not a parasol would be appropriate for my costume. If I bought one I would add watch gears to it to add a little something extra. I have yet to decide, but come April I need to figure it out. I will have to get batteries for my camera and take some pictures of the pattern pieces and if I get a parasol those will be included too! Tonight I'm hoping to start work on Daniel's vest. It's a really easy pattern so I hope I can punch it out between tonight and tomorrow. That would just make my day!

I have other projects I'm working on as well! Well actually one project is completed! One of my coworkers brought in a quilt his grandmother made and asked if I could fix it. It took me some time but I did! I foolishly forgot to take pictures of the before and after, but it turned out extremely well. I had to cut a lot of the quilt off because of how bad it had gotten, but I took those scraps and put them into pillow cases I made and poof!! we have throw pillows that match the new back of the quilt! I also hand-stitched some of the more tattered squares back to health. I was really happy with the result. It was hard to do, but totally worth it.

Another project is a surprise for one of my other coworkers. He's so funky and fun, and I stupidly didn't do anything special for his birthday last year. So... Last year after Halloween he gave me a canvas tablecloth with skulls and crossbones and such on it. Said I could make something with it. Well he's so funky that he wears vests with shorts and climbs up the sides of buildings and many other things. So I'm now tasked with turning that fabric into a vest for him. He'll be able to wear it to work and still look somewhat fancy. But shhhh.... He doesn't know I'm doing this! Unless he watches my blog in which case he now knows, but he'd better act surprised when he gets it!

I also bumped into an old coworker/friend and he mentioned he's going to the Renaissance Festival for the first time! I told him I make costumes and that I would be happy to make him one. He's terribly excited and has asked/agreed to have me make him a costume. I'm really excited too because it's going to be a more noble men's costume than what I've made before. I really hope he's happy with it. Ah yes... And my mom and sister have both requested another costume for the Ren Fest as well! I'm still trying to decide if I want to make my costume based on one of Jessica Galbreth's faeries again or if I want to design a faerie ballgown! Your thoughts are totally welcome in this matter, since I'm having trouble deciding.

And that's pretty much it... I think. ^^; There could be more!! Well I suppose this is sufficient for now. I should probably go back to work... <.< What a silly thing work is!