Today was very nice--I went to see Julie & Julia (and thought it was darling and so enjoyable) with Mom and sister and Mom's sister and Angel and Angel's mom, then did a little exploring with Angel (farmer's market = disappointing) then we went to my house to make pretzels. Which were also disappointing. Pretzel dough has, what, four ingredients? Hard to mess up, right? Ha ha. Watch me do it. Watch...

I don't know if this counts bec. she's a professional costumer, but OMG THIS HAT IS AWESOME. Check out La Bricoleuse's hat w/kinetic bird ornament . It's for the Williamstown Theatre Festival's upcoming production of "The Torch-Bearers," & her post contains a pretty detailed diary of making the hat, including the bird itself. Now I want to make that bird (well ok, a bat) bec. it is insanely clever...

There will be a fuller post on this subject over on my art blog once I get all the pictures downloaded, but I wanted to share the last drawing I did today: and some Linkies: The Adipositivity Project (which kaligrrl reminded me of yesterday, and which inspired the approach to the drawing above. (NSFW) La Bricoleuse has a thoughtful post on Arts groups, the economy, and why some...

A-Kon is the last weekend of the month. Friday night, the Babbage Patch Kids are presenting a steampunk ball. I need a new dress. The gown I have in mind is something I sketched out last year and already have a pattern in my collection to use as a base. Simple ballgown, with beaded emblems at the neck- and hemlines. However, I'm not much for hand beading & embroidery, so I was thinking about using...

So the last two nights I have been slaving away at my sewing machine producing a wonderful thing I am utmostly proud of. I am calling it an Apron Dress, which I got vague sewing instructions from here: http://labricoleuse.livejournal.com/23046.html#cutid1 . I entered into my sewing fenzy because I realized I had the fabric on hand to make a decent one. It's dark brown with a dark green center panel...

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