This, that and everything else...

[alysten]

This weekend was amazingly productive. I got a lot of stuff done for Pennsic including getting the house clean. A good amount of sewing was completed, and I am getting to the point where I am down to just finishing things off in the car (buttons, buttonholes, lacing holes, etc...).

It was great having people over Sat for project day. Spinpsychology and I tackled Woodwindy's kirtle and under kirtle for some minor alterations. There was a lot of fabric. Miss Mina was a big help in getting her tunics measured. I got the first batch of cookies made for taking to Pennsic. The group decreed they don't suck.

Unicornpearlz now has a properly fitting pattern for bodices, and was able to complete 2 + under and overskirt this weekend (YAY productivity). I couldn't let her wear the new outfit without a properl fitting shirt, and I had one already cut out... So as she worked on gathering 5 yards of fabric into a fitted waist band, I worked on her shirt (it has frilly bits).

And the major accomplishment for the weekend is I have become the queen of the gussets. Now that I am remembering to put them in BEFORE I attach sleeve to shirt. I "heart" gussets.

Project completions:
Mina: 2 toddler tunics, 2 toddler under tunics and 2 toddler tabbards.




Jane: 1 Elizabethan shirt
Malcolm: 1 fencing shirt, 1 cut out
Melchior: stripey fencing doublet

Alterations:
Sabine: over kirtle, under kirtle
Melchior: fencing shirt
HRM: Waffenrok

Patterns:
Jane- bodice
Griff- captain's coat

Menu:
Chicken stuffed with herb goat cheese
Peas
Alfredo risotto
Chocolate chip cookies

Random:
I had a spectacularly great needle break while working on Matt's waffenrok.


Zot sup-vizin', as only Zot's can.


Am ready for Pennsic? Are you out of your mind? I won't begin to expand on the list of what still has to be done/finished. But I have 3.5 days until pencils down. And even then, I will be doing finishing work, prior to wearage.

It's tradition.

Comments

[woodwindy.livejournal.com]

I think "amazingly productive" doesn't even begin to cover it! I'm in awe of everything you've done/will do...

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

Very productive. I, unfortunately, was forced to yield productivity to health when my arm began complaining about playing with the sewing machine. But I got the one dress I really really wanted done. As for everything else, there's always next year.

[alysten.livejournal.com]

You are on my stack for later this week. Well... the gingerbread cookies are. :D

Cant wait to see the dress.

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

You, my dear, are crazy. But in a lovely way! I would like to hire you via whatever 'house elf' union you belong to...*grin*

[collin-m.livejournal.com]

I think I'll tie you to a chair at Pennsic and see how long it takes you to gnaw through the ropes. I swear if it the last thing I do I will teach you to sit and relax. Productivity is great but you are nuts girl. :)

[alysten.livejournal.com]

You have to catch me first... :D

hmmmm... visions of gingerbread men and foxes comes to mind.

[suba-al-hadid.livejournal.com]

Run, run, as fast as you can! You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!!

I bet you find project completion very satisfying. Relaxing is overrated.