Hope is not a strategy. But it's a good thing to have on hand.

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I hate the fire smoke, but it does make for beautiful sunsets. Stella decided to photo bomb.

#DogsOfMastodon

It begins! I’m in the lobby waiting for the tour to start. We’re going to see two working costumes shops and then an exhibit at LACMA. Needless to say I’m still seaming organza on the bolero.

#CoCo26

It’s funny how being alone, but with my dog, feels so different from being alone without my dog.

Adrenaline wearing off as I wait to board and I’m really starting to feel the 2 hours of sleep I got last night. I usually try to protect my sleep and get 7-8 hours but not so much last night.

Still, excited to be heading south at last.

#CoCo26

All the machine work is done on the dress now too. I still need to tack down the edges of the sequins and add more of them to the top as well as hem it, but all of that can be done at the hotel. It’s now time to stop crafting and start cleaning and packing.

At long last it’s #CoCo26 departure day!

#MakingCoCo #Sewing

It’s my last full day at home, tomorrow is packing and cleaning up my crafting disaster sites before an evening flight to LA.

The base dress is sewn, the lining is half done. It’s a little too big, but that’s what I get for skipping the muslin. At this point I’ll have something I can wear (unless something goes horribly wrong today), but it’s not nearly as sequined as I want.

Here’s hoping for a productive final crafting day.

#MakingCoCo #Sewing

Omg ponies can someone please tell me why it took me this long to spring for an invisible zipper foot?! This thing makes it so much easier it’s crazy.

I might just finish this dress in time…

2.5 days until my flight.

#MakingCoCo #Sewing

The bolero is almost done. Pretty funny looking inside out before I seamed the lining. I still need to attach the lining at the armholes and seam the disk joins. That’s all hand sewing so I’m stopping for now. I’ll finish those later.

I’ve revisited my plan for the dress and will only add the sequin overlay to the front and back for simplicity; it also has side panels. Also skipping the muslin, yes I’m insane. Really hoping I finish in time.

5 days left.

#MakingCoCo #Sewing

This is kind of an incredible website:

Why your stuff stopped lasting, who profited, and what's still built right.

https://www.worseonpurpose.com

All the chiffon circles have been hemmed. 36 left to cut open, 41 left to join. Then it’s attaching 10 to each armhole and 26 around the border/neckline. Whee!

Did I mention I still haven’t cut out the dress?

9 days left for #MakingCoCo #Sewing

Where's Jimothy? I found him! You can, too. It's easy. Just play the free video game I created with four missions - starring Jimothy the raccoon! It's an 8-bit NES-style (Nintendo). Raid trash cans, dodge paparazzi, cross Ballard streets, climb to the den. Enjoy and share: https://arcade.pirillo.com/jimothy.html

#jimothy #seattle #games #videogames #gaming #retro #nes #nintendo #ai #vibecoding #raccoon #pnw #animals #animal

Cold and rainy is not my idea of a good summer, stupid Seattle weather. At least it looks like it’s only for today.

I love hearing the ice cream truck roll by on a beautiful summer evening.

#embroiderysampleoftheday
just a little trick...
when #tambourbeading on a large frame, you don't always have a nice place to put your bobbin.... well, a hairclip can do the trick to keep your bobbin in place!
#broderiedart #lunevilleembroidery #tambourembroidery

16 more circles are hemmed*, 30 to go, then assembly on the bolero.

Today I needed a break from sewing so I printed and started assembling the pattern for the dress that’s going with the bolero. 2 of the 4 large pieces have been cut and pasted together plus all the small ones. Hope to finish the last 2 big pieces tomorrow so I can make the muslin on Monday.

* I know there’s a rolled hem foot for my machine. Tried it, hated it, so I’m working the rolled hems on the circles by hand.

#MakingCoCo

68 chiffon circles have been cut out and stay stitched. 22 are completely done and assembled into the bolero. 46 more need to be hemmed and sewn together for the outer layer of ruffles along the neck/body and sleeves.

Of course I ran out of black chiffon, so rather than order more I’m making the creative decision to make the final layers in magenta. This is meant to be over the top after all.

#MakingCoCo

Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 25 days in the hospital.

Yet he still has a job, is still getting paid, and is getting unlimited world class healthcare.

The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave, is now getting all three when he needs it most. Every person deserves the human dignity McConnell is getting on the taxpayer dime. Anything less is shameless cruel hypocrisy.