Now even lazier than yesterday ! With bonus reminiscing !
Mood:  cool
Now Playing: 'Robots' - DVD rental

Beloved Hubby came home early today, so it's been a lazy day of naps and reading. We're gonna see if we can view the fireworks from our place, it's not worth fighting two hours of traffic each way to see twenty-three-and-one-half minutes of temporary sky decoration.

Ever since I got the latest Fiyero shirt to fit and look good - even though there's three mistakes in it - I've been in a haze. Memory and drive are equal in my mind. They're taking turns. The Fiyero shirt was more than a use for a bit of grab-bag fabric and a way to spend two or three hours of summer. Getting so close to success when not long ago it seemed beyond my skills now and forevermore is...odd. It's not good enough to be perfect, but it's way past what I thought I could do.

So part of my mind is looking back, and part is looking forward. The knockoff TG&Y strapless Barbie dress that so enchanted me in 1976 ? I've made it about a dozen times. That fluffy white SuperStar gown with the silver sequined sash-thing ? I dreamed about that one. Not that difficult. Even the much wanted Deluxe Quick Curl Barbie dress - the turquoise one - that I won on eBay after dedicated searches is also not difficult at all. My dearest 1978 Kenner Princess Leia's dress enchanted me. It looked so complex ! For a kid darn-near obsessed with gowns back in the day, I don't make 'em now, not at all. Barbie gowns are too cheap and easy to come by, Leia doesn't fit or look good in any besides her own, and Elphie's more into costumes than evening gowns.

It's funny. I used to be in awe of doll clothes. While I never really liked Gene, I stared at her clothing ads in doll magazines for hours. Turn me loose in a flea market, and I'd find doll clothes - and fuss for endless hours over which ones to get. Now that I can make things I never thought I could, I'm kind of stymied. Oh, I know I have light-years to go before I could match some of the Tonner stuff, but most of it is in the execution - linings, jewelry, miniature accoutrements - not necessarily the sewing. Isn't most of it made overseas ? Coupled with his recent decree to doll shops, reminiscent of Barbie Collectibles edicts, Tonner's starting to resemble Mattel, which isn't good.

My goal used to be that my creations would look as good as the stuff at Dollar Tree. When I wasn't looking, I sort of went past it. I'm somewhere around Mattel-wear, I think. And I'm not sure where to go from here. Not sure what to try next. But I can't stop now.

I'm really thinking of making something for Leia...