Mood:
happyNow Playing: Old "Urusei Yatsura" VHS - what can I say, I was an old-school anime girl...
Waaaay overspent at Hancock Fabrics' 50% off notions sale. But it'll be a long time before I need to go back there ! Scored 48 size 4/0 snaps (tiny) and 24 3/0 ones (next to tiny), twenty 1/8" buttons (10 black, 10 white), and four bottles of Fray-Check, all for $10.48 ! The Fray-Check was a major score. It was packaged as a two-bottle Bonus Pack for $3.69, but I got half off that ! In essence, I got four bottles for not much more than the price of one !
Didn't buy a millimeter of fabric, either. You know I looked, but nothing appealed, and I already have what I need for the projects in my mind. I did see an attractive blue stripe fat quarter that I may snag next time I go, but for now, I'm well-stocked and happy. So it'll be a while.
And I forgot to tell you what happened yesterday. Took Dearest Son with me on errands, including the GoodWill down the street. I found something I'd wanted since I was a kid. It's nothing special...you know those wicker doll chairs that are everywhere, and have been for about twenty or thirty years ? About the same time I bought Leia, I found the set - chair, loveseat, and table - sold separately at another store, in the Craft section. It was the first time it had ever occured to me that not all potential doll stuff was located in the Toys section of the store !
Anyway, since I had Leia, I got the chair, just for her. And she sat in it (when I wasn't playing with her) for years on my dresser. I'd always intended to get the other two pieces - chaise and table - but it was either sold out when I had the money or in stock when I was broke. And once I was out on my own, it didn't seem important - after all, I'd long since given all my other dolls away, so why buy more doll furniture ? Well, yesterday, I found the chaise. Happy ! That's 50c well-spent ! I don't really need the table...
Oh, and before we get into more doll stuff, be thou warned. I got an IRS phish today in my e-mail. It looked official, too, but the IRS says, right on its website, that they NEVER contact anyone via email, much less ask for checking account numbers or passwords. Mine said I was qualified for a $63.80 refund, for clicking on the link and sending them some info. No way, Jose Phish !
Now then. I tore out the side seams to Version 3.0 of Leia's Flight Suit and added the sleeves and collar, and hemmed the pants. Sleeves went in beautifully, but that collar...(sigh) I guess collars still don't like me. Again, it's hard to tell if the collar ends before the front opening edge or not - photo's at http://www.toysrgus.com/index.php?action=disp_item&item_id=39560 - but it looks to me as if it does. I can see that it definitely does on the companion Luke outfit 'Fatigue Suit'. Mine doesn't. And I know it enlarged at 200%, it printed on the same page as the back piece of the pattern. So I guess I get to play with it a bit.
I forgot how hard collars that small are to sew. It took me about seven tries before I got it...well, not right, but acceptable. Another reason I wanted to learn to sew was to make Ken clothes. Now I know why I never got far with that ! My skill level wasn't near what it needed to be to make what I wanted to. It just barely is there now !
So. If there's time tomorrow, I'm hoping to make the whole outfit, start to finish, fresh. Elastic and sleeves and collar. If there's no time, I may just add elastic to today's work. Version 3.1 is on the home page, if you wanna see. I think it won't be too long before I can post 'Challenge Met !'.
Then, I really need to get back to the 'shoes' thing I abandoned last month. I saw the most amazing vinyl at Hancock Fabrics today...
