NPR reminds me of my costuming friends

[mellymell]

The other night on the way out for dinner, I heard the very end of an interview with Colin Firth on All Things Considered (I believe) where he discussed his role as Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice. He remarked about how up to then he had been a character actor and that the role gave way to misleadings that he was a good-looking leading man. He assured the listener that couldn't be further from the truth and that Mr. Darcy was a bit of character acting as well. I wish I had heard the entire interview, it sounded quite interesting. But I just thought of so many of you while I listened to the last few statements he made before the end. You might be able to find audio of the interview searching online. I haven't gone that far yet to hear the rest of it.

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As far as progress goes, I've been putting off beginning the final of the Angel gown. I do actually still have a tiny bit of work on the mockup, but could reasonably start work on the undergown in the meantime. I have no excuse other than I've been lazy on it. I look in the room where I sew and it's a mess (a mess I didn't make, grrr) and I know I'm going to have to clean it up before I can start again. Doesn't do much for the motivation, but it's something I'm just going to have to do.

Instead, I've been working on the embroidery on the trim. Since I never post photos anymore, I thought I'd break my streak with one of what I've done so far.



The more I work on this trim, the more ways I find to enhance it. I really want it to have more sparkle to it. I'm thinking of filling in the petals of the flowers with silver and going over at least the bordering edge on the top and the scalloped edges on the bottom with a silver chain stitch. I've got a lot of places I want to add beads and sequins which will also add more sparkle. I'm afraid I'm just making more work for myself though.

Comments

[lordofhaladin.livejournal.com]

wow, that looks amazing! :D

[mellymel-cos.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[suededsilk.livejournal.com]

Very nice! You must have more patience than me. :D

[mellymel-cos.livejournal.com]

It really goes pretty quick and it's something I can do while unwinding in front of the TV in the evenings. I've probably invested 2-3 hours of solid work into what I've done so far which is almost 8-10 inches of trim covered with this silver squiggly pattern.

[cleopatramwi.livejournal.com]

Blast. I listen to NPR almost every day and I definitely didn't catch any interview with Colin Firth! I'm sorry I missed it!

Your trim looks fantastic! Is the silver cord couched down?
I'm suddenly feeling guilty about my half-finished Requiem gown trim lying in a box somewhere!

[mellymel-cos.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was in the evening, probably about 7 or 7:30pm (CST). I wish I could have caught more of it.

Thanks! Yes, the silver is couched. And on further inspection, it appears that's how the rest of the trim (all the white cotton) was done as well. It's very easy! I've never done any couching before., but I like it. Very mindless, especially since I'm just doing a random pattern and not having to follow a specific design.

And you shouldn't feel guilty, you're just working on other things right now. I'm sure you'll get back to it. What's great about this hobby is that you can work on anything you feel like. If your interest turns for a while to something else, the only person who's going to give you flack is yourself (which is hard not to do sometimes, I know!). I still have two gowns that need to be hemmed and a trim on one of them that needs to have edges finished on it.

[adalia-jean.livejournal.com]

oh wow! looks great! and it looks like a lot of work too! :)

[mellymel-cos.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's really not though (a lot of work, that is). The only part I'm adding is the silver, the rest of the trim was bought that way. And couching is really easy to do. It's all the other stuff I'm finding that I want to do with the trim when I'm done with this part that's going to be a lot of work, heh.