Well, damn.
Feb. 20th, 2008 10:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wakeiseiyoApparently, the article I read got the time fuxxored on the eclipse - it's not 10pm-ish PACIFIC, it was apparently more like 10pm EASTERN or thereabouts, so I missed it because I was in class the whole time (6-9pm)
Dammit. I really wanted to see it, too.
Oh well.
I have discovered that iTunes has enka music. This makes me all kinds of ridonculously nerdy-happy. I have a strange luff for enka music, especially the female singers. I'm such a nerd.
On the bright side of the night, I learned the 'proper' way to do darts (versus tinkering on the sewing machine until it looks sort-of right) and updated the vest I had made Monday evening so it lays flat (albeit looks like ass with so many fix-it seams in place. Learning curve on these things...). I also drafted a basic pattern for something that fits more like a shirt than a badly-fitted shelf bra, and the mock-up (in a Barbie plus-size) seems to indicate that it will, indeed, work the way I intend it to, though I haven't yet done the math for seam allowances. But I'm getting there. On over the head, velcro at the sides, darts at top and bottom, and aside from a bit of seam finishing and the ever-present struggle with encased elastic, it should be pretty well functional. So that's a good sign. [Note to self: No gathers. They're a pain in the ass six ways from Sunday.]
Dammit. I really wanted to see it, too.
Oh well.
I have discovered that iTunes has enka music. This makes me all kinds of ridonculously nerdy-happy. I have a strange luff for enka music, especially the female singers. I'm such a nerd.
On the bright side of the night, I learned the 'proper' way to do darts (versus tinkering on the sewing machine until it looks sort-of right) and updated the vest I had made Monday evening so it lays flat (albeit looks like ass with so many fix-it seams in place. Learning curve on these things...). I also drafted a basic pattern for something that fits more like a shirt than a badly-fitted shelf bra, and the mock-up (in a Barbie plus-size) seems to indicate that it will, indeed, work the way I intend it to, though I haven't yet done the math for seam allowances. But I'm getting there. On over the head, velcro at the sides, darts at top and bottom, and aside from a bit of seam finishing and the ever-present struggle with encased elastic, it should be pretty well functional. So that's a good sign. [Note to self: No gathers. They're a pain in the ass six ways from Sunday.]
