SPARKLY THINGS!

SPARKLY THINGS! by admin, November 26, 2014 I am covered in them. well the carpet is 🙂 My new Elsa fabric arrived and it will work exactly how I want it 🙂 So long as I can dye it 🙂 But I get to do that tomorrow 🙂 I am seriously, seriously liking having something so nice to work…

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ONCE UPON A TIME ELSA

ONCE UPON A TIME ELSA by admin, November 18, 2014 I posted much of this to Tumblr as a video of the behind the scenes got blogged. And wow. What a beautiful job they did. They really did 🙂 Both Anna and Elsa were beautifully crafted and the fabrics were stunning, absolutely beautiful in texture and…

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Busy day!

Busy day! November 14, 2014 admin Hospital appointment, cortisol test and xrays of feet and hands, done! So I also went to Spotlight, got more lining for dress two. Got thread for dress shell, dress lining and sewing sequins. Got sequins to test dye and also glitter in two shades of pearl. To match the…

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FINALLY! TESTED WHITE AND TRANSLUCENT SEQUINS

FINALLY! TESTED WHITE AND TRANSLUCENT SEQUINS by admin, November 14, 2014 Top; Athena Bead cornflower blue, cornflower blue Josey Rose sequin film, aqua green Athena Bead, ditto overdyed with iDye poly Turquoise. Middle; Sullivan’s (29032- 9mm cup ivory with coating) dyed ditto, Maria George clear with coating 20mm sequin dyed ditto. Bottom; Sullivan’s cup  undyed,…

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Elsa pattern base!

Elsa pattern base! Novembr 8, 2014 admin Luckily I have had heaps of experience with both parts in terms of drafting and draping 🙂 Key things to note are: Most commercial patterns are a good start, however they almost universally make backs too deep. It looks lovely on a dress form but on a human it winds…

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Malefiselfie

Malefiselfie November 2, 2014 admin   My poor camera is straining at the sides, it is resetting and the camera decides to not focus and to incidentally not zoom. Oh it shows as having zoomed but the actual photo? No. I may just reboot the thing. From my motel room last weekend. As for the…

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Catching up- make up post

Catching up- make up post November 1, 2014 admin It took a few days of forced sleep and a bit of support but today felt like a real day finally. A proper wrap up later but for now just a few notes, tiny ones but that made  big difference. Wigfashion on ebay. Recommended. Highly. Super…

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Elsa lining cut

Elsa lining cut November 1, 2014 admin Found royal blue satin to line my fabric and boy does it make the sequins pop green! But of course this is only seen at the hem, so i will need to still get the green on the sequins as per my vidéo in Feb.

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