A sense of accomplishment. Finally.
Jun. 9th, 2004 01:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysobelleMuch work got done today on ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jenny_fur's wedding dress. The mockup is almost complete, except for the godet in the train, and the lower sleeves. We worked pretty much straight through from 3 to 9, so we'd damned well better have something to show for it.
I'm draping the whole thing, see. No patterns whatsoever. I know it takes what must seem an inordinately excessive amount of time to work this way, but I honestly can't imagine working any other way. Patterns are just too abstract for me. This isn't to say, of course, I probably couldn't have worked more efficiently. And I did rough out a sleeve flat, but as usual, I got the cap all wrong, and had to make many changes. Most of the day, as a matter of fact, was taken up by the damned sleeves. It also isn't to say I don't wish, sometimes, I'd stayed at Carnegie Mellon to the end-- looking up procedures in my costume design textbook and seeing the old costume shop in Margaret Morrison.... Alas. Oh, well. It wasn't the right time for me to be there, and I don't think I wanted to be in professional theatre, anyway. I love collaboration, usually, but I'm far too pig-headed and headstrong, on the whole, to want to live my life by committee. I don't know that I'll ever get over the regret. Perhaps I only need to get over the student loans!
Speaking of creativity, I got a screenshot today of the hairwrap the glorious Heather Yanyo of On Dragon Hill has made for me to replace the one stolen last year. I didn't expect it to make me cry. One small change, and it'll be nigh unto exact. It's beautiful.
Just when the state of my social life begins to get me down, the Universe gives me a kick in the teeth and tells me to stop being such a whiny twit.
Thanks.
jenny_fur's wedding dress. The mockup is almost complete, except for the godet in the train, and the lower sleeves. We worked pretty much straight through from 3 to 9, so we'd damned well better have something to show for it.I'm draping the whole thing, see. No patterns whatsoever. I know it takes what must seem an inordinately excessive amount of time to work this way, but I honestly can't imagine working any other way. Patterns are just too abstract for me. This isn't to say, of course, I probably couldn't have worked more efficiently. And I did rough out a sleeve flat, but as usual, I got the cap all wrong, and had to make many changes. Most of the day, as a matter of fact, was taken up by the damned sleeves. It also isn't to say I don't wish, sometimes, I'd stayed at Carnegie Mellon to the end-- looking up procedures in my costume design textbook and seeing the old costume shop in Margaret Morrison.... Alas. Oh, well. It wasn't the right time for me to be there, and I don't think I wanted to be in professional theatre, anyway. I love collaboration, usually, but I'm far too pig-headed and headstrong, on the whole, to want to live my life by committee. I don't know that I'll ever get over the regret. Perhaps I only need to get over the student loans!
Speaking of creativity, I got a screenshot today of the hairwrap the glorious Heather Yanyo of On Dragon Hill has made for me to replace the one stolen last year. I didn't expect it to make me cry. One small change, and it'll be nigh unto exact. It's beautiful.
Just when the state of my social life begins to get me down, the Universe gives me a kick in the teeth and tells me to stop being such a whiny twit.
Thanks.
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Date: 2004-06-09 01:49 am (UTC)glad you had a good and productive day. They help make things worthwhile.
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Date: 2004-06-10 10:29 pm (UTC)We need to talk about your friend's webspace. Is it easy for non-computer-savvy folks to use? What will he charge us, if he charges us?