why the hell....ok, background... on saturday morning we fly out to germany for the Starlight Express open day. I'm going with Mazz (and Jared, hopefully, he has not yet got a passport.......) I'm making Mazz an Ashley costume (And Jared a Rocky....) we've had this booked for about a month, but with college work, chronic fatigue and overall inertia, I've only really been working on the Ashley this past week, and bullying Mazz and Jared into making a start on the Rocky.
Everything that possibly CAN go wrong, seems to have gone wrong, as far as my making CRAP decisions goes. machinery is all working fine (kisses the wood....) but my brain is very much absent. I've made every dumb mistake possible, un-picked AT LEAST once every seam I have sewn... wasted half the fabrics in getting stuff wrong... wasted 3/4 of the precious TIME in unpicking and re-sewing.... I'm getting stressed.
Stress causes insomnia. I've been getting about 3 hours sleep the past few nights, now we're into the final week before leaving. This means I make more mistakes than before! I've spent the past hour unpicking the seams of the sleeves of the leotard, as I need to completely re-do them. at least once the bits are re-done for the 2nd or 3rd time, they do look good... this will end up a unique and interesting Ashley. In a couple of months' time.
As for poor old Rocky - Mazz made the base unitard the other day, she and Jared painted it up this afternoon... I've heat-set it as well as possible on lycra (using heat sufficient to properly set the paint on lycra gives you crispy toasted catsuit) He may end up having the crappy old accessories I made him 4 years ago!!! Alternatively I might make him a very small pair of gold shorts and spray his skates to match.
So... we leave for germany on saturday morning. The actual open day is Tuesday 12th. We arrive home weds 13th. friday 15th Mazz and I both have a singing exam. Mazz has a dance exam on thursday 14th. Then I go into hospital, for a general anaesthetic and a cortisone injection into my bad shoulder on the 18th July. Last time I had a cortisone injection, christmas before last, the joint locked completely for 4 days, leaving me in absolute immobility and AGONY, then it calmed down to 6 weeks of pain such that I could not use my right arm... then it returned to normal levels of discomfort. SOMEHOW the specialist thinks that giving me a general anaesthetic first will mean this doesn't happen again. I sure hope he's right, or else I have a very unpleasant summer ahead of me. It should, at least, calm down in time for me to go to college in september, to study costume construction, which at this point I'm beginning to regret!!!
Life sucks. Then you die.
*scream*
it's 1.20am, and I'm far too stressed to sleep. JOY. WHY the hell do I choose to do this???
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Costume Design: because naked actors are distracting!
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ok, this is basically got my own reference, here's the work still to do:
ASHLEY
Chimney
dye Mazz's hair
smoking sign
shoulders: finish decorating, sew together, fit on Mazz, attach poppers to leotard
Leotard: sleeves, replace bust area with ceam covered in fishnet, two more eyelets, set gold lacing, include cigarette pocket.
hotpants: hem top, attach velcro to attach to belt
Belt: make, line with velcro fixings, make handles
leggings: done!!!!!
kneepads: hand-sew brown decoration on, trim in gold
elbowpads: make from cream and brown/gold fabric
gloves: arrrgghhhh
slinkies/skatecovers: make slinkies from velvet, skate covers from the last brown lycra
did I miss anything?
ROCKY (possibly not needed... will know tomorrow)
Unitard: needs red vest-top, numbers, shiny front and back panels
Hat: needs new hat
Arm Bands
Elbow pads
Gauntlets
new gloves
new belt
kneepads: paint commercial skate pads
shinguards: same fabric as front/back panels
paint skates
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###Belle###
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###Belle###
Since when do your cossies suck? I worship the ground your cossies walk on, nay I am blinded by their superiority!
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Keep smiling.
Enjoy your trip. I have every faith that you have it done ready and waiting. And you're going to shine
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In the end, we are all Tainted
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No let-up from the stress, then.
I think I'm gonna make the bits, and take them with most hand-sewing and painting to do in germany.
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###Belle###
Rocky, however..... so far, the unitard is painted wood-pattern but not the black lines yet, nor the red top. The kneepads are painted and sealed, tho the paint will come off as soon as he uses the bowls. Ah well.
Other than those two elements.... I got a helluva lot of sewing to do! I'm planning to get the armbands, belt, hat, etc, everything cut and basics sewn together, and we'll hand-sew and decorate them out there. We've got all monday free!
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###Belle###
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