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[theladyrebecca]

I finished the petticoat on Friday, minus the detachable train. I quite like how it looks currently, and I'll just have to wait and see how much of a train it needs. I also sewed together two panels of the fabric for the skirt lining. The back piece of this skirt (from Patterns of Fashion) is sooo huge. I'm actually not sure where I'm going to be able to lay it out to pattern and cut it. It's definitely too large for my sewing table. I'm hoping that I can fit it on the floor in my bedroom, because that means I can close the door. If I wind up having to do it on the living room floor, there's nothing to prevent my dog from walking on it, and especially once I get to the silk layer, that will be quite a problem! I'm hoping to buckle down and do it tonight.

It's weird, though - now that I don't have my regular rehearsal schedule, I feel so much more scattered, to the point where, even though I probably technically have more free time, my brain is spending so much effort trying to figure out what all I'm supposed to be doing that I have no energy left for sewing. For example, today I'm doing a fitting, and I need to mow the lawn and do laundry. I also need to study my lines, and sew. Yesterday, I ran some errands and spent the evening working on stuff for my costume coordinator gig. Tomorrow, I'm meeting with a friend to study for a Harry Potter Trivia event on Sat, and going to a non-themed trivia tomorrow evening. And Thurs, I have a poorly timed rehearsal 2 hrs after work (not enough time to warrant driving home and back in traffic), so I'll be working on lines and costume coordination between, and won't get home till 8pm. I miss having a regular schedule...

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[mala_14]

Whenever I'm doing patterning or cutting on the ground my dog ALWAYS walks over it. She's just like oblivious to the fact that I'm actually doing something. lol Not having a regular schedule makes everything so loosey-goosey. It's hard to get stuff done.

[theladyrebecca]

I swear, animals are just super attracted to fabric. Lion can really only get to it when it's on the ground, but Casper will literally climb into my sewing chair as soon as I stand up, only to be booted out a minute later when I need to sit down and sew again. Luckily, I was able to just squeeze the skirt pieces onto my bedroom floor, so I shut the animals out.

[danabren]

Write your schedule down. Just the act of putting pen to paper helps.

[theladyrebecca]

Yeah, I did that. Multiple times in fact. The harder part is the to-do list type stuff like memorization or alterations for someone, which are harder to schedule. But this week is better than last, at least.