Sewing update...

[threadwalker]

RAWR
(cut for profanity. )

fuck fuk fuch fuc fuckity fuck. I got the freaking god-damned corset on and it's not small enough.....RAAAAAAAWRR

This was discovered this morning. I'm packing car and kids and taking off for Coos Bay Or tonight, so there's no time for any fix before I go. Plus, my plan this morning before doctor appt was to have a bodice in hand that needed trim on it. This is NOT going to schedule. argh!

Instead, I discovered I could machine stitch the back closed and was able to wear it. THAT was probably a bit too tight in the boobs, but it didn't matter much at the time. I was so mad once it dawned on me that it was still too loose in the rib/waist/abs, I was too pissed to care about boob-discomfort.

grrrr....

In a desparate hope that it won't matter much, I took my recent (non-corsetted) bodice drape and tried to wear it over the corset. phooey! This is shaping up like I need to get draped for real.

grr...

I just want to throw myself on the floor and make "snow angels" in my fabric and I want the outfit to emerge from the sea of fabric like the Nautilus.

Too bad .. instead ... grrr ... decision making time. I see a few different paths. One of them is a new corset. (no time) One of them is to take the heavy-duty shears and just lop off 2 inches off each side of the center back. (sob.. all the hand finished bias binding... sniffle... yet emotional satisfaction in the linen-y blood and gore that I'll create in my wake of destruction)... gah... And this corset is at least 4 inches smaller than the last one. blah.

and no time to get draped tonight with the packing I need to do.

fuck!

I need to look at my project time line and do some math. grrr.

Comments

[dizzyblonde30.livejournal.com]

Deep breath..it'll sort out *HUGS*

[callistotoni.livejournal.com]

If it was me, I'd chop off the excess at the center back. You can hand-bind over it and I'm sure it will be fine. Re-doing the eylets might be a pain, though.

You have my sympathies.

Um

[dakini-bones.livejournal.com]

Congradulations that you are so skinny that the corset is loose?
Sorry that its a pain in the butt?

Re: Um

[thread-walker.livejournal.com]

hey - do we know each other? I was skimming your LJ and trying to guess who you are..

this isn't a weight dilema, this is a math dilema. I get vexed when the math doesn't work. The weight loss is great, but the brain has failed in it's math estimate on how much to trim the pattern by. I'm sure my calculations were good, but the end result didn't work... blah.

however, since last post I have recovered and I am at one with my math-universe...more or less. (not sure I can credit "Math" for all of it...)

Not a weight dilema

[dakini-bones.livejournal.com]

but its *usually* nice when clothes are unexpectedly loose... NOT, obviously when you spent 20 hours sewing it though! >:}

We *probably* don't know each other, but you must be a friend of g0atface as I friended many of her friends after she chided me on my negative attitude toward SCAdians. Wow. That was a long statement.
Anyhow, you appear to be (relatively) sane (?) and obviously intelligent so I have been reading your posts.
If you feel I should fuck off, that is obviously your perogative!
But then I shall loathe you forever, as is my perogative.
(lol!)
I went to India with the g0atface, but I rarely go to events anymore, so you may not know me at all.
There you go.
Heh.

Re: Not a weight dilema

[thread-walker.livejournal.com]

Ahh... nope, won't tell you to "fuck off". I have tremendous love and respect for goat-face. We had a "wow, I totally dig you too"-fest at Coronet. So if she thinks you're keen, I'm good with that. I was reading her India posts and comparing those to yours (see, doing math here) and figured you were companions on the same trip. You are very poetic and clever. I really enjoyed your posts. So if you don't mind, I'll friend you back.

Intelligent? Really? mostly I'm hyper. And periodically I come up with great ideas that suck my entire household into some maelstorm of activity. At which point they stop talking to me until the memory of pain fades and they drop their guard... (hee, hee, hee..) ... they have nicknamed me "drags friends along"... or (when they are particularly burned out) "pushes friends over cliff".

There are many insane SCA-dians... you must be very careful. Some appear sane, but the insanity is lurking below the surface. But you can find disappointing people in any group - the SCA does not have a corner on that market. And just as there are people who disappoint you, I have made my most valued and lasting relationships through the SCA. I have the most amazing family of people that I've gathered around me. They have stood by us through some truly challenging times and been there to celebrate very special moments. And it's truly special to be there for them in their times of challenge and joy.

My outlook for any "group" (hobby, church, etc) is I bring a "dance card". I have lots of openings for fun, creative, and outgoing people. I have lots of openings for "stalwart" folk. I even had spots for sad, well-intentioned, seemingly doomed beyond help - people. I have only so much room for high-maintenance goof balls or drama kings/queens. Once all *those* slots are full, they are full and I don't take a waiting list. Oh - and the brainless need not apply. They pretty much don't even show up on my radar, so I couldn't tell you if there are any brainless types in the SCA or AIChE or any other group I'm in.

[ermine-rat.livejournal.com]

too skinney for your corset? let me wear it!

[thread-walker.livejournal.com]

I'll make you a corset. It's suitable for Ren wear. Just say you want it and promise you'll wear it... I find the challenge particularly appealing to math-brain