then my beloved grandmother a month later 😭💸

The overskirt and waistband cincher are in one piece! I put the zip tie bones and eyelets in and was able to try it on. IT LOOKS SO GOOD!!!!!

ironed the squares on last night and had a few casualties and then somehow I spent all afternoon and evening finishing the garter. Turned out super cute! I sewed the straps to my bloomers but the day of the con I might sew it to my tights too

I think I've decided against it 🙂‍↕️ considering this weird stuff for the bronze-y bits though

lowkey I'm this fabric's number one op but it could be pretty for the top..... but might also be too busy idk

maybe I haven't done enough applique lately

Hmmm, I had a brain blast about putting button holes in the garter so that the clip can go on over the ruffle like it somehow does here... but then again I might just buy a gold gem and use that instead of a clip 🤔

flying honestly kinda fun? the flight friday was my first flight ever and I was really worried about it but it ended up being fine! and then on the way home I had a window seat 😎

legally mandated first meal back in the states for every Texan 🙂‍↕️🤠

at least kurimanju had fun

they're watching too 🙂‍↕️

watching the match hehehe doesn't start for 45 min and people are already hootin and hollerin

the type of shit people wear to go walk around in the artist alley

The boat ride took us to an acrobatics show! Was simply amazed the whole time and spent the entire show looking like "😲🫵" felt like some kind of medieval king or smth

Then we took a boat ride all the way across the bay

some sightseeing and shopping yesterday morning/afternoon

Puerto Vallarta is extremely beautiful

morby and audel in Mexico what will they do 😳

big day over on ask a manager dot org

Hangar wire reinforcement so my pigtails aren't droopy anymore! I planned to sew it in place inside the wig but magnets that hold my ears on are taking care of it 👍 also this uma has a lot of stuff on her head

the metamorphosis

Bows that aren't really bows are done except I need to buy bigger alligator clips I used lightweight interfacing but I kind of wish I hadn't. I didn't think about the vinyl also basically being interfacing too so these are pretty stiff lol

audel got me this bootleg Usagi plush where they look like a roach and it's a strong contender... but there's so many other options

lining and horsehair braid sewn in and then the pleats were pressed nice and crisp

Clocked in at the satin stitching mines this evening and ended up being able to get it all done in a single evening!!! I was worried it would take multiple days of work but instead it only took 3 hours 🥳

Ironed on the diamonds to the skirt today but was not able to start satin stitching Ended up starting on the hairbows instead. Used glitter HTV that I cut by hand because I didn't feel like dragging my Cameo out of the closet just to cut squares

man the universe did NOT want me to sew today because why did I open a brand new roll of HTV and find this defect down the entire roll? made it work tho 😌

if you are wondering how I came to the conclusion that I need fewer diamonds than originally anticipated, see below

I figured out that I only needed 27 diamonds fuck yes 🙏🙏 anyway I modeled and printed a template, ironed on some heat and bond and cut them all out (also did end up buying new pink fabric yesterday and cutting out two new slightly longer rectangles)