so my boss was able to hem my skirt for me THANK GOD. but ffff. is anyone going to mind/notice/CARE??? that my skirt is hemmed at 1/4" off the floor instead of actual floor-length...because seriously, that would be so much safer.... both for me and the gown... And really, I'll probably be the only one that cares that much. I am just very afraid of stepping on it and breaking my neck haha :'D

Was going to blindhem the tafetta, but iiiit decided to die on me. which really sucks. ...ugh I just ended up topstitching it. I don't have time to do it by hand :/ MACHINE BASTING IS MY FRIEND but wow that is a really hideous hem and one I would normally be super embarrassed to have. I am just hoping that the rest of dress will distract. Chiffon I'm just going to pink; I did the bottom added-on layer with selvage so I don't have to bother hemming it.

PROGRESS REPORT:
front "white" part of "corset" bound (used silver cause it's shiny also, there were scraps of it)
all 18 grommets in (my hands hurt like hell)
tafetta skirt hemmed (poorly, but done)
half of chiffon skirt pinked
bodice fit

what else did I get done todayyy...
....I think that's it
SO MUCH TIME sounds so little ;; stupid giantass circle skirts :/

step 21 - more skirt stuff

so my friend that was going to hem the gown's skirt can't figure out how to do it....and I don't know if I can ask my boss oh fuckkk... because the skirt's oa full circle, the bias stretched a lot so it needs to be hemmed so badly. the three layers are making it difficult though.

not much blogging this week, busy panicking.

...so the possibility that I actually /won't/ finish for Sakuracon grows ever higher. and I will be so upset if I don't since I'm SO CLOSE. SO /CLOSE/ and yet so far......but I can't go shopping until Wednesday, so I need to make my sleeves then. and I am hoping I can get someone to mark my hem on the skirt but if I can't, I...the skirt is unusable. well, tomorrow I will bring my other bra and check the fit on the bodice and if it's okay, I'll attach the "corset" to it and put in the white + eyelets.

step 20 - 囧!!!

I have just realized that, including Monday, I only have three days to finish all of Conchita I have left. ...and I have classes. CUE PANIC!

asked my boss about the collar I was having so many issues with and she came up with a great solution /o/ so it's been remade :3b
It doesn't close in front quiiite as much as it possibly sure but I think it's pretty as is :( also once the trim is added it might help... HOPEFULLY NO ONE WILL MIND. and if I absolutely can't stand it, maybe I'll remake it before summer. But this is what it'll be for next week

step 19 - collar

Conchita's collar is not...possible... I mean, I fucked with the pattern I pulled from a wedding gown pattern and put in an extra seam that might get it to do what it's supposed to do, but...it really doesn't look good?

I need it to do this:


currently it is doing this:




IT'S DECEPTIVELY SIMPLE??? IT LOOKS EASY. it makes no fucking sense. ....it's just that CURVE. I am essentially fucking with the pattern so that there's a pseudo "princess seam" in it. I AM MAKING IT LIKE A BODICE :/ I made a mockup of it and was like OTL... fabric and physics don't really...do that... Anyway, you can see the extra seam I added in there that isn't in normal collars. it's supposed to somehow...curve...out...... and unless I make the WHOLE THING out of small panels (which I could!) ...it isn't possible

step 18 - more progress

Closures on the skirt! and the "corset"'s seams are stitched down. had major issues with the bodice closures though... idk man :/ I wanted to put in an invisible zipper, but I can't really attach the skirt to the bodice the way it was made, and really keeping them separate isn't a huge deal since there's a significant overlap so I don't have to worry about skin showing or whatever.

So I was like "well, I'll just put in a smaller invisible zipper then!" but then the problem came when I could get the gown ON but not OFF... so that had to get ripped out :/ I think I'm gonna go with snaps.

As for the skirt, I can't open it as low as I'd like for just one closure because it'd be visible, so instead I opened it about three or four inches on both side-seams, and closed it with a large snap and a hook and eye on each side. That'll be hidden under the "corset" and the drapey thing anyway.

stitched down either side of the seams on the corset to make it look neater and smoother. BEFORE on the left, AFTER on the right:


The bodice still needs to be better fitted and...actually closed, but with the petticoat and shoes, this is what it currently looks like:

step 17 - STUFF GOT DONE \o/

WIGS BOTH STYLED \o/!! I am happier with the results of my friend's wig than I am with mine but it isn't bad :3 .......and, well I attached the skirts to each other but I didn't get the skirt attached to the bodice or the hemlines done :/ I did get the vinyl and lace attached together though (like how I made the bodice layers) and got most of the corset together. I made the shape of it by just taking my bodice pattern and guesstimating where I needed to cut to make it an underbust corset and extended the bottom two inches so that it'd be longer than the bodice. Also I took an inch off either side of center front to make up the center opening area that'll be laced up.





I AM SERIOUSLY STARTING TO PANIC ABOUT FINISHING IN TIME h-hahaha