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Almost halfway done with feathering
After several more hours of work, I’m almost done with the green scale feathers: I’m a little miffed that the beauty of the feathers doesn’t show through. It gives you an idea of how it looks, but...
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Made my fundraising goal! and, tutus
I reached my $6000 fundraising goal on Monday night! with the final donation coming from a pair of friends who were visiting from India. I had been chatting with them (catching up from the last year)...
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A few days for sewing
This week has been hell at work – I’ve been under the gun all week working on sales proposals. Not what I expected when I took the job, but then, virtually nothing I’ve been doing at this job is what...
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Peacock progress
Today I did a 45-mile bike ride and then finished sewing the bodice of the peacock-feather tutu. I also made the body of the skirt, which will be gold organza covered with peacock feathers. The...
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11 hours of frenzied sewing later, I have finished the top of the Elizabethan tutu, minus the right sleeve and the two shoulder rolls. I am having mixed feelings about this top. The sleeves keep...
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Sneak peek
I have finished the Elizabethan tutu! and my, it is gorgeous. Almost exactly as I’d hoped it would be. I’d like to have done it with a little less slapdash style – doing a proper muslin first, then...
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I was looking gloomily at a VERY boring white silk tutu – interesting design, sure, but executed all in white it turned into a big fluffy nightgown. I was trying to figure out how to embellish it and...
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Finished peacock bodice
After two more hours of work today, I have FINALLY finished feathering the peacock bodice front! I have it pinned to the bodice but still need to baste it on (it doesn’t get permanently sewn to the...
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The last tutu has been finished! and packed carefully away in my giant duffel. Packing, re-re-repacking, and finally I managed to stuff the last of my items into my duffel. I actually travel pretty...
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Seven days of fabulousness
I am still wading through my photos – I expect to completely reconfigure my site with a separate section for AIDS Lifecycle by the time I’m through posting everything – but thought I would share the...
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