Current Mood : Cold over by the windows, but I love watching the ice on the tree branches reflect light !
Attacking an hour's worth of dishes yesterday really seems to have helped my possibly-sewn last week finger - the cut was deeper than I thought, and the edges snagged on things I carried, but now it looks nearly healed. It was either the dishes or massaging a meatloaf into existence for dinner last night !
Oh, and I forgot to tell ya'll the reason Beloved Hubby bought me Charlotte. He was looking for the Prince Naveen doll - I was whining about not being able to find him - but he said his eyes were caught by Charlotte, and she just radiated ‘cute'. He also said she has my cheeks. Since there were still no Naveens, he got me what he said was the prettiest one he could find. Awwww...
Actually, I have a place for her. Since I'm not a huge fan of pink - like it well enough, but it's not my fave - very few of my dolls wear it. Charlotte here was made to wear pink ! I just kinda wish her body was as round as her face suggests. The imbalance makes her head look oversized. I hope to find some matching pink fabric either in my stash or next time I'm out and about. I want to make her cloche hat, since Mattel skipped it.
Oh, and you can already pre-order the movie DVD from disneystore.com. It's coming out March 16th. Gee, I hope I actually like the characters all these dolls I have represent ! Her outfit is one Joanne sent me last February - I just opened it for Charlotte today. It has a small hole in the back of the hood from the plastic t-thingies holding it in the box. (sigh)
Looks like we got about an inch of accumulated ice. Before the storm hit, cars were moving at near lightspeed this morning. It hit about noon, and after that, I only saw a few cars, and at twilight, only sand/salt trucks were out there. Only one ambulance all day, thank Everything. We're due for anywhere from one to eight inches of snow tomorrow, which should really spice things up ! Or freeze the heck out of ‘em instead ! It's so beautiful outside, though...too bad it's too cold to really get out in it.
We spent most of the day wresting with Stitch Era Universal, trying our darndest to create a patch for Beloved Hubby's AirSoft group. He ended up installing it on his system, since he blistered mine with curses all day. I'm still having problems with it, and may end up reinstalling it m'self.
Also gave a good try at the ‘Pak Silk Sheath' clone I cut out of some scrap Christmas cotton - it's sort of good, sort of bad. Figured out the collar, even though I didn't do it as directed, but it mostly works, but the darts don't seem to be in the right places, and there's some fabric bunching up on one side, where the armhole is just a bit too small. I'm thinking of finishing it as a dress - it's a simple, slightly gathered straight skirt - and going on from there. I also got reacquainted with why I hate tulle as an armhole facing material, and used my new scissor (formerly silverware) holder / rack. On the whole, it wasn't a difficult pattern, and the armholes looked great (until I sewed the collar !) but I confess that most of the directions mystified me. Here are some to puzzle through -
3) Pin the bias collar to the bodice front and back right sides together - sew through the front side -clip the collar and neck edge - turn.
4) Turn down back of collar and slip stitch in place finishing the collar edge.
Does that mean I sew one long side of the collar to the bodice, then sew it again, this time sewing the raw edges of the collar together, then turning it right side out ? I actually sewed the short edges of the collar together, turned it right side out, then sewed it to the bodice - one thickness of bodice, two of collar. I'm sure these directions made perfect sense when she wrote them, and to the right doll seamstress, but to me, they're just confusing. Heavens willing and we don't lose power, I'll work on the rest of the dress tomorrow, but I really hate those fabric ripples on one side.
Well, it's getting late. Did some laundry to keep the pipes warm, reserving some for tomorrow. Beloved thinks I have some prescient sense that knows when storms are coming, and I'll wait on laundry for a week or two, so I'll have plenty when we ‘need' it. That's the best excuse for my laziness I've ever heard !
And I actually saw two episodes of Clean House I'd never seen before - one that was so old, the opening sequence was completely foreign. I think Mark's the only ‘then to now' cast member. Still, having CH over when you've only been married three weeks seems rather odd to me. Poor guy !
