Still working on the first layer of Balin's evening outfit. Even the simplest pattern can take days and days when you're trying to do everything right. Being sure to iron every seam four times, seam finishes, all the little things that take way more time than the actual construction seams. So far I haven't had to rip anything out.
Brain is fried. Time for a toddy and a chapter or two of Fellowship of the Ring.
I'm a method seamstress: I have to immerse myself in the world of the project. Or maybe I just want to immerse myself in the world, and making an outfit is a pathway.
Sheesh. No wonder cosplay is so popular, all that world immersion...although I couldn't really say for sure, since I'm only just now learning about what cosplay is, and apparently, what I make isn't cosplay because I'm not trying to dress up as any particular person. I'm not trying to make stitch-perfect replicas of costumes that some designer way more talented than I am brought into being. My style is more Inspired By rather than Based On.
Blaa, blaa, blaa. It is obviously time to call it a night.
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