My nose is itching like crazy. . .
Jan. 7th, 2005 11:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mellymellyet I'm not expecting company. If you're planning on visiting, give us until Sunday night. Our house is a mess and we need to undecorate from Christmas.
Looks like sunny days this weekend though (for the most part). So I should be able to get out and take care of those trees and get your chainsaw back to you![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bamagaijin.
I cut fabric last night to start working on the beaded armbands for my gown. I stopped because I thought it was so late, but found out it was only 8pm. Had I known (must get monitor hooked back up to computer so I can see these things in the room I'm working in), I would have probably gone ahead, ironed the pieces out, pulled out the sewing machine to baste them together and started working on getting the beading pattern onto the fabric to start work on it. Tonight we really need to do some cleaning (sink full of dishes, kitchen a disaster, and all sorts of other crap everywhere in the house). But hopefully I'll get the chance to get as far as I wanted to last night (get the pieces basted together and the pattern on there so I can start beading once I get one of those cross-stitching circle thingys to hold the fabric taut while I bead).
I'm still trying to work out the pattern for the waist of the belt. I know it needs to come to somewhat of a point at the center front, but I'm not sure how to draft that. Will consult the costuming group. Perhaps someone else has made a Galadriel-ish belt and can help with drafting the pattern for it. My main concern is getting it to lay flat under the weight of the tail (plus having it sit where it should, kind of on my hip line, instead of the waist). I'm afraid with the weight of the tail pulling on the center front, that the point is going to somewhat buckle a bit and the top of the waist pull away from the dress instead of laying flat on it.
The tail is super easy, just a strait piece. The armbands are the same way (thus why I started with them). But I can see these silks are going to need lots of ironing as they're both rather crinkly after the pre-washing. One is almost like a canvas material, but it's called Linen Look Silk (it's one of those silks that you look at and say, "that's not silk"). The other is a Silk Shantung, kind of a raw silk, almost like Thai Silk or a Duponi (has little characteristic slubs in the weave) but thinner than either of those. But it also has somewhat of a sheen to the surface in the right light (I guess characteristic of the silk). Both fabrics are 100% silk. That was somewhat my aim.
Wednesday, while I was home sick, I finished reading Handfasted and Heartjoined by Lady Maeve Rhea. Good read, devoured it (with the exception of the chapters on same sex ceremonies which I felt did not apply, as well as some chapters strictly for initiated witches for the same reason). She has a lot of good and practical advice from her experience in facilitating handfastings of all kinds. With her help, I was able to take a different perspective while beginning work (again) on our wedding.
It inspired me to get started on my wedding gown again, hence the cutting of fabric and drafting of patterns. I've also gained some confidence in planning the wedding. She encourages couples to play out their fantasies regarding their ceremony and above all to be open and honest with their desires, especially with those who offer to help.
As a helpful reminder, I did a chalk drawing of the words "Be Open & Honest" very colorfully and tacked it up on the wall in front of my drafting table, just above the wipe off calendar I'm using for planning. As an indecisive person (both of us really) we can use all the reminding we can get to be firm and concrete in what we want for our wedding. It's too easy to get swept up in other people's ideas.
Looks like sunny days this weekend though (for the most part). So I should be able to get out and take care of those trees and get your chainsaw back to you
bamagaijin.I cut fabric last night to start working on the beaded armbands for my gown. I stopped because I thought it was so late, but found out it was only 8pm. Had I known (must get monitor hooked back up to computer so I can see these things in the room I'm working in), I would have probably gone ahead, ironed the pieces out, pulled out the sewing machine to baste them together and started working on getting the beading pattern onto the fabric to start work on it. Tonight we really need to do some cleaning (sink full of dishes, kitchen a disaster, and all sorts of other crap everywhere in the house). But hopefully I'll get the chance to get as far as I wanted to last night (get the pieces basted together and the pattern on there so I can start beading once I get one of those cross-stitching circle thingys to hold the fabric taut while I bead).
I'm still trying to work out the pattern for the waist of the belt. I know it needs to come to somewhat of a point at the center front, but I'm not sure how to draft that. Will consult the costuming group. Perhaps someone else has made a Galadriel-ish belt and can help with drafting the pattern for it. My main concern is getting it to lay flat under the weight of the tail (plus having it sit where it should, kind of on my hip line, instead of the waist). I'm afraid with the weight of the tail pulling on the center front, that the point is going to somewhat buckle a bit and the top of the waist pull away from the dress instead of laying flat on it.
The tail is super easy, just a strait piece. The armbands are the same way (thus why I started with them). But I can see these silks are going to need lots of ironing as they're both rather crinkly after the pre-washing. One is almost like a canvas material, but it's called Linen Look Silk (it's one of those silks that you look at and say, "that's not silk"). The other is a Silk Shantung, kind of a raw silk, almost like Thai Silk or a Duponi (has little characteristic slubs in the weave) but thinner than either of those. But it also has somewhat of a sheen to the surface in the right light (I guess characteristic of the silk). Both fabrics are 100% silk. That was somewhat my aim.
Wednesday, while I was home sick, I finished reading Handfasted and Heartjoined by Lady Maeve Rhea. Good read, devoured it (with the exception of the chapters on same sex ceremonies which I felt did not apply, as well as some chapters strictly for initiated witches for the same reason). She has a lot of good and practical advice from her experience in facilitating handfastings of all kinds. With her help, I was able to take a different perspective while beginning work (again) on our wedding.
It inspired me to get started on my wedding gown again, hence the cutting of fabric and drafting of patterns. I've also gained some confidence in planning the wedding. She encourages couples to play out their fantasies regarding their ceremony and above all to be open and honest with their desires, especially with those who offer to help.
As a helpful reminder, I did a chalk drawing of the words "Be Open & Honest" very colorfully and tacked it up on the wall in front of my drafting table, just above the wipe off calendar I'm using for planning. As an indecisive person (both of us really) we can use all the reminding we can get to be firm and concrete in what we want for our wedding. It's too easy to get swept up in other people's ideas.
