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[theladyrebecca]

I haven't been posting, because I haven't been sewing. But I certainly have been purchasing! I bought the 10 yards of organdy to line my skirt and use for the petticoat, 5 yards of cotton sateen for the underside of the train, most of the 23 or so yards of lace for the train and skirt (the first Joanns I went to didn't have quite enough, so I think I have about 8 yards more to pick up at another Joanns), 10 yds cotton net from ebay (thanks for the source, mala_14!), and 60 yards of turquoise ribbon for all that stupid train trimming.

Have I mentioned that this is a ballgown of doom? It's certainly feeling that way on my wallet! Hopefully, other than figuring out my order medallions and brooch, this will be all I'll have to buy for this dress.

Speaking of which, does anyone have a good source for inexpensive reproduction order medals? I am looking to spend $20 or less on each, and I need one Order of Charles III, and one Order of the Starry Cross. Or, does anyone have any tips on making them somehow?

Anyway, I did attempt to dye the sateen for the train today, but unfortunately 1.5 bottles of dye, which looked fine before I washed the fabric, seemed to come right out. So I'm going to need to try that again, or I'll have to buy 5 yards of the turquoise kona cotton instead, which just doesn't look right, since it's not shiny.

In other news, my boyfriend and I broke up on Saturday, so I also haven't been wanting to sew, even though I could have all day today, since we had a snow day. But I've kind of just been wanting to clean the house (I have a potential roommate coming tomorrow), and mope around watching movies. On the plus side, between the breakup and tech week/opening, I have had almost no appetite at all, and I've lost about 3lbs since last Tuesday. Oh, and we had a fantastic opening weekend. It's such a fun show!

So anyway, that's my life right now, and I probably won't be doing much sewing or posting until some of those purchases arrive. Though I am looking for patterns for the 1860s corset, so maybe I'll actually decide to mock that up first instead.

And to reward you for actually reading all this jabbering, here's some snow pictures!

Comments

[fairegoddess.livejournal.com]

In my experiences with Rit, it always always rinses out to a degree, so I have a hard time matching. I recently tried iDye on some velvet trim and got a solid beautiful black (from my children's dress - it used to be faded, spotty purple). I've never gotten good dark colors from Rit.

[theladyrebecca.livejournal.com]

Good to know. I'll try picking up some idye instead. I've had good luck with Rit in the past, but I also realized that pretty much everything I've successfully dyed recently has been silk...

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

*hugs* So sorry about your breakup. The snowfall, though, looks lovely! My mother is visiting my sister in Tacoma at the moment, and sent me a couple pictures. I'm envious - it's something we never get here in Anaheim!

[theladyrebecca.livejournal.com]

We pretty much never get snow like this here, either! This is the most snow I've experienced since I moved to Seattle almost five years ago.

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry about your breakup...that sucks. Be kind to yourself; you're quite entitled to mope and watch movies for a bit if you want!

Jealous of your snow! Our weather's been all over the place, and it's supposed to be in the upper 50s for the next few days. WTF, that is so WRONG!

[theladyrebecca.livejournal.com]

Thanks. And that's weird - you're supposed to have all sorts of snow!

[starlightmasque.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry to hear about your break-up, I hope all is well. *hugs*

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

You got all the snow you missed in Minnesota! Nice snowman!

You're very welcome for the cotton net source! That is a crazy amount of supplies. It truly is the ballgown of doom. It's going to be so spectacular!

Sorry to hear about the break-up. That can be really tough. It's good that you have so many other things going on to keep busy. Glad to hear that the show is such a success!

[hharris.livejournal.com]

I second the iDye suggestion. That is, it worked great for me on linen. Take care!