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  • Aug. 12th, 2008 at 11:16 PM
Ahsoka
So! As I promised Daisy, some progress pictures of Lucy!



First off, I'm going for this:


I'm not *quite* done with the top yet - I actually think I don't have enough braid to go around the sleeves (but I need to check) and I haven't done the braidy-trim along the top and front yet. But! (I turned off the flash to try to show the color properly, but that made it slightly blurry... I just can't win, I guess. XD;)











BTW, I obviously did not embroider the top. I just found something that looked reasonable, since I'm not quite *that* hard-core (yet? :D;). I think I'm going to cut the silly sequins off, but that will take forever so I haven't done it yet. :D;

Anyway, there! I have the underdress done except for hemming the sleeves and the bottom, and the split skirt just needs to be hemmed. I really am approaching done! Shoes are ordered; I'm waffling over the wig color, but hopefully that will get ordered in the next day or so.

Progress on the Slytherin stuff got put off to work on Lucy, but the pants just need to be hemmed on the top and bottom and the cloak is cut out, just not completely together yet. So! I just might finish these AND get Pippi done as well; we'll see how the rest of this week goes, but I still have next week and also my grandma says she doesn't mind if I sew while she's here, so there is that as well~ I would like to have Pippi at least CUT OUT before she comes, though. I suppose I should look into a wig and shoes for that. And I need a new wig for miss Mallory, so I suppose I should hit up eBay~ Some days I wish I had straight blonde hair by default. XD;



Um... so that was what I've been working on since I got home? I finally got geomap and geotran to work for me at work, but now making the tables is not working. :x I think it must be a rule that nothing can go right on the first try. Alas. And I was going to start looking into how to download and/or analyze the Spitzer/Chandra data for these clusters, but that's apparently much easier said that done. Gah.

Watching Return to Neverland makes me want to make Peter Pan right now. :D; ::fail::

And now I want to either get some writing done, or get some more Percy Jackson read~
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[info]violet_lane wrote:
Aug. 13th, 2008 03:54 am (UTC)
It looks so good Alison! :D You're going to look just like her!
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[info]ad_exia wrote:
Aug. 13th, 2008 04:00 am (UTC)
Thanks! :D I even just found a belt on eBay that's close enough to hers that I can just use that (if I win the auction) instead of making one myself, woo! I need to stop spending money on this costume and move on to the next. XD;
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[info]darkfaeryqueen wrote:
Aug. 13th, 2008 05:12 am (UTC)
Wow, it looks really great! And wooo, show off that awesome craftsmanship! I am indeed proud of you. :D
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[info]ad_exia wrote:
Aug. 13th, 2008 05:15 am (UTC)
Thankyou~! I hope to be done with the whole thing soon, so there will be more pictures when that happens!
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[info]skuldchan wrote:
Aug. 13th, 2008 06:31 pm (UTC)
That looks totally awesome!

Maybe it's just me and the picture, but do you actually have an overlocking machine? D:
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[info]ad_exia wrote:
Aug. 13th, 2008 06:38 pm (UTC)
Thanks! :D

Yep, I was using the serger for most of this, and it does that nifty cut-and-overlock-stitch thing~ It just makes the edges so much neater!
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[info]skuldchan wrote:
Aug. 13th, 2008 06:40 pm (UTC)
You actually have serger machine? D: Waaaaah. *jealousy* Seriously, your stuff looks really, really nice. ;____; ~<3 Can't wait to really see it at D*C. :D
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[info]ad_exia wrote:
Aug. 13th, 2008 06:49 pm (UTC)
I do~ It's actually Jen's. XD; She left it with me when she moved back to IL... One of these days I'm going to have to mail it back to her and get my own. :D;;

Thanks, though! I'm really excited with how well that top turned out! XD Hopefully my Quidditch robes will turn out as well! Now if I can only get everything done in time!
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[info]skuldchan wrote:
Aug. 13th, 2008 06:51 pm (UTC)
:D Be sure to post progress pics of the Quidditch robes as well! :D I do hope the Quidditch pads end up fitting over your clothes and everything. X3

I think the week after my orals is going to be me frantically sewing a new skirt for Ora (my first one was kind of made of fail D:) and that'll be all that I have time for, I think. D: Man, I wish I had a serger because then I wouldn't have these horrible-looking fraying hems all over the place. Ah well. X3
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[info]ad_exia wrote:
Aug. 13th, 2008 06:59 pm (UTC)
Definitely~ I hope to get a little more done on it tonight, right now it's still in pieces, but at least it's cut out! XD I think the pads should fit, otherwise I can replace the elastic with longer bits, since I should reinforce it anyway.

XD Well, thankfully skirts aren't *too* hard... the first one I made took me forever, but after that it got much easier~ You can either do rolled hems or use fray-check if things start fraying badly, but otherwise at least the hems go on the inside so no one sees them! ;D
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[info]fabrikater wrote:
Aug. 13th, 2008 08:10 pm (UTC)
DUDE!! It's perfect!!
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[info]ad_exia wrote:
Aug. 13th, 2008 08:19 pm (UTC)
:D Thanks! I'm so excited, I want to try the whole thing on but I realized someone has to lace me into it. XD;;;
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[info]fabrikater wrote:
Aug. 13th, 2008 08:42 pm (UTC)
Ooooooh....yeah good point lol.

"Tie me up.....oh wait no one's there."
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[info]ad_exia wrote:
Aug. 13th, 2008 10:26 pm (UTC)
XD Exactly. But as soon as I can get someone over here, I'll make them help~
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[info]meandering wrote:
Aug. 18th, 2008 08:13 pm (UTC)
*wave* I'm right across the street, you know.
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[info]ad_exia wrote:
Aug. 19th, 2008 05:40 am (UTC)
True, well, maybe if I get the rest of it done enough to try on before D*C, then! :D;
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[info]meandering wrote:
Aug. 19th, 2008 02:53 pm (UTC)
Call or e-mail or text or whatever me if you need help. ;-)
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[info]ad_exia wrote:
Aug. 19th, 2008 03:24 pm (UTC)
No problem, I'll let you know! Though I realize now I might not get the chance to try it on before D*C, at this rate. XD
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[info]meandering wrote:
Aug. 19th, 2008 04:56 pm (UTC)
Isn't "trying it on" an important part of the process? ;-)
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[info]ad_exia wrote:
Aug. 19th, 2008 04:56 pm (UTC)
Well, yeah, but I know it fits, so at this point it would just be for pictures, which aren't necessary until the whole thing's done~
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[info]meandering wrote:
Aug. 19th, 2008 05:03 pm (UTC)
Fair enough. Best wishes on all the sewing.
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[info]ad_exia wrote:
Aug. 19th, 2008 05:43 pm (UTC)
Thanks! Hopefully I'll be able to get most of it done before my grandmother gets here.
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