{"id":715,"date":"2003-05-11T06:28:00","date_gmt":"2003-05-11T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trystancraft.com\/costume\/?p=715"},"modified":"2023-09-25T15:43:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T22:43:07","slug":"basic-bits-done-ish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/2003\/05\/11\/basic-bits-done-ish\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic bits done-ish"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_716\" style=\"width: 298px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/progress.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-716\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-716 size-full\" title=\"progress\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/progress.jpg?resize=288%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Arwen Rivendell gown, progress\" width=\"288\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/progress.jpg?w=288&amp;ssl=1 288w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/progress.jpg?resize=172%2C300&amp;ssl=1 172w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arwen Rivendell gown, progress<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I finished sewing the basic outfit. Need to hand-sew the hems of both the under- and overgowns. Need to sew the placket into the overdress and sew on the hooks and bars.<\/p>\n<p>Next weekend, I&#8217;ll start the sash. I am going to try to embroider the design &#8212; very ambitious for me! I&#8217;ve been practicing machine embroidery, and I think I can do the main lines of the design on the machine. But the design has lots of small curved tips that I can&#8217;t replicate on the machine. I will try to complete those little bits by hand, and hopefully the start and stop points between machine- and hand-sewing won&#8217;t show too much. If I entirely fail this, well, I can fake it with fabric paint like others have done (not that paint will be all that easy either, plus it requires another trip to the store).<\/p>\n<p>This costume is really coming in under the wire for me. I am trying to finish enough of it to wear to BayCon on Memorial Day weekend. That&#8217;s only one more weekend away! I know I won&#8217;t have it fully complete. There&#8217;s embroidery on the bodice that I may or may not do. I don&#8217;t have buttons for the bodice. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amphigory.com\/wigs_enchantment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wig<\/a> I ordered may not arrive in time (because I delayed buying it till after C9), plus I&#8217;ll need to style it. I don&#8217;t have the circlet at all &#8212; and while I would love to splurge on myself and buy the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noblecollection.com\/catalog\/product.cfm?id=NN0574&amp;catid=17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noble Collection&#8217;s reproduction<\/a>, it doesn&#8217;t even ship in time! So all I have in the way of accessories is ear tips (just the cheapo style) and the makeup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finished sewing the basic outfit. Need to hand-sew the hems of both the under- and overgowns. Need to sew the placket into the overdress and sew on the hooks and bars. 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