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I am soooo frusterated! My local Jo-Anns and the online version does not have my fabric! Well to give it justice the online one has two of 7. *GRRRR* so I was curious if anyone on my friends list would like to keep an eye out for it while/if they are shopping at Jo-Anns. They are from the Imperial garden selection. I will pay for fabric and shipping and if needed I can post pics of all the fabrics. Any help is appreciated so I can get a new quilt on my bed!!!!

Why oh why is the jo-anns site still down?!?!?!

Spent way more then I should have but it made me very happy none the less. Went to Kohls first. We got a bunch of stuff we really didn't need but I was also able to knock out alot of gifts for others while we just stood around in-line. The check out line was the worst part. Time I was done with Kohl's I went right next door to Jo-Anns. I got all the fabrics I need for Christmas presents PLUS a few cute flannels for pjs. I didn't go crazy with that knowing I still have cut out pieces that need to be done up still from last year. But a pink cami with skulls just couldn't be resisted. And its pink!?!?!?! With coupons and the sales I saved $255. That is just made of awsome! If the site ever goes back up I am hoping to make a few more purchaces. The asian Legacy quilting fabrics were not in stock at this jo-anns. I am hoping it is still online.

I have been thinking long and hard about my sewing plans for this year. I think mostly because I have been getting absolutely no sewing done lately. I had made a list after Costume College and so far I haven't gotten any of it done. So I guess its time to revamp the list.
I have my holiday sewing. While fun and rewarding it never satisfies my need for a new pretty.
This year it is:
A snuggie
Two stuffed animals
2-3 little dog coats
For around the house: I need to sew a padded bench cover for the front window seat.
For events:
I still want to fix the fitting issue with my bodice on the Ren outfit.
I have my secret project for the Comic Con masquerade.
Finish up the Jedi costumes for my brothers for Comic Con.
I want to finish BOTH steampunk costumes, the Lolita and the Elegant.
I want to finish my secret gala project's (for next year or the year after) undies for Sunday Undies.
And if I have time I want to make a 18 century frock. Because I have seen so many of them and I want one dangit!

I promise I do. Life has just been sooooooooo crazy. With new house stuff, job hunting, family drama, family emergancies, and a mini vacation I have no clue where November went but I want it back.
House is starting to look nice and feel like its mine. Still a ton of things I want to do still but its looking nice. Some of the things have to wait for spring and others for more money.
I interviewed for a job, he said he really wanted to hire me BUT I don't have my EMT and he has to make sure with the higher ups that he can still hire me under the condition that I get it within a certain amount of time. Still haven't heard back from him *le sigh*
Family drama is... well family drama. Sum up my mom can still be crazy, and I confronted hubby's father about his lies and the fact that he told him to divorce me. Now there is tension there....
Hubby's little bro go hurt and had to go into surgery. won't go into details because they are of a private nature but he wasn't taking it to well and he is still in pain having problems.
Went to Vegas for 3 days at the begining of the month. We were suppose to go for our anniversary last Feb but we didn't get to. It was nice to get away but I felt guilty spending money.
And to top it all off the only thing I have sewn has been a nylon tow strap for my dad. He needed me to add a hook to one end. So got out my heavy duty needles and thread for a whole 10 mins of sewing. *sigh* I have been cross stitching also. But seeing all the pretties on my friend's list makes me wish for something more. Maybe after the holidays. I am gonna have to start my holiday sewing soon. Black Friday is the start of it... well sort of. I will be getting the rest of the fabric then. I started the crazy patch work teddy bear already and I got a pattern for a stuffed kitty.
eta: I got my Costume College acceptance. WOOT! AND I WILL HAVE NEW THINGS TO WEAR TO IT THIS YEAR!!!!!!

First Halloween at our house wasn't to bad. We didn't invite alot of people because we weren't done with painting and fixing things up yet. One of our friends at Camp Pendleton which is back down near San Diego, insisted on coming to visit so  we did have some out of town guests. It was fun. Costumes and board games and yummy food. After working on family costumes, painting, painting, and more painting I had no desire to mad rush anything for myself so I threw something together from bits and pieces of other costumes. Can't figure out why picture doesn't want to flip BUT it shows off the costume none the less. And you can see my newly painted blue walls. That aren't those shades in real life but what the who.

House is taking so long to finish that it is starting to make me sad. Boxes are still everywhere because I can't get to them until I am done with things like painting and minor repairs. All the big things are done, Thankfully. I think I will put off painting the kitchen just because I am getting tired of painting. I have the trim in the living room to finish first though. Once I do that and we get our new couch I can finally start putting things where they go and then organization can resme. I wonder if I have a little OCDness in me because I have been feeling really off with my stuff in such disarray.
I got in a bit of sewing.  Family wanted help with Halloween costumes. Made a fur skirt to go with an eskimo costume for my mom. Sewed patches on dad's jumpsuit so he can be an area 51 worker, Jedi tunics for my brother, and a pair of white shorts for Chris to complete his Toad from Mario brother's costume. Of course after a week of working on those I didn't have any energy for myself and just threw things together for myself for the Halloween party last night. Oh well...
Off to paint some trim.

We finally have internet again. New house is great! Lots of work to get it in shape and get things unpacked. But all of it is worth it! I even got in a little sewing last weekend. I took in my sister-in-laws halloween costume. It felt great to sew! Pics to come soon!

Must add a few of these to my year's sewing list.
http://www.thebestofdiy.com/index.php/archives/2009/03/23/pointy-kitty-pattern
TOOOOOOOOO  cute!

I just finished the embroidery on one of the pillow cases I have been working on, (pictures to come later), and I have NO desire to work on the second one. Its not CADD or sewing ADD its Sewing BLEH!  I know most of it is house blehs rubbing off on to everything but bleh non the less. I am washing the fabric for one of the Jedi costumes right now. I didn't feel like carrying two loads over to the laundry room so the other fabrics will be washed tomorrow.
I tried the muslins on my brothers this weekend.  My youngest brother's muslin worked wonderfully. The elder of the two though.... not so much. He is built, maybe not body builder.... but broad shoulders and big arms of a guy who works outdoors all day with a slight beer belly. So the back fits him wonderfully... and the front is to wide. THe shoulder creases fall exactly right in the back, just a little past his natural shoulder crease while the front  starts going down his arm. Not attractive at all.... I am not entirely sure how to correct that but plan to go through all my misc sewing books. Any advice from fellow sewers is COMPLETELY welcome.

I have a strong desire to bang my head against the wall and cry.
to scrub my house until my hands are raw but also not do anything at all and just lie in bed.
I hate buying a house. It is so frusterating. Hurry up and wait, everything is awsome, oh wait, not its no everything is wrong. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I can go and buy a car for as much as I am spending on this house and I could have that car in a matter of days. THIS SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The tunic muslins have been cut out, but I just didn't have the ambition to sew them together tonight. I need to get up early tomorrow to drive out into the desert so I figured a shower and bed would be the better choice. If need be I can baste them together for the fitting this weekend.
In other news we signed some papers with the house and got all other needed paperwork together for our package to go to the powers that be. If nothing comes up we should only have to sign the final papers at closing and we are done.... but I am sure something will come up. It always does.

Happy Birthday koshka_the_cat  Hope its enjoyable!

I don't think my brother's were aware how obsessive I can be on getting things as accurate as I am capable when they asked me to make these Jedi costumes. Of course I want to use yummy natural fibers in the costume and I want to make light sabers and the belts and... and... yea... I get crazy even when they are not my own. I went fabric shopping today. I was able to find fabric for both. I still need to find something to work for the regular Jedi's pants, the Sith's tabard. and both of their robes. I was very lucky to find two pieces one in black and one in a brown and cream that were in the fall suiting section of Jo-Anns. I know they have some poly in them but they don't feel all nasty synthetic to me. I LOVE both of them. The Jedi one for it's color and the black one for the texture it will give the costume. I was also able to find a Yummy homespun looking cotton for the Jedi under tunic. For the Sith's under tunic and pants I just picked up some Quilter's cotton. I wish I had the money to use linen but alas I do not. Another fabric I found that I would of LOVED to use was a NICE wool. And for me to say a nice wool it had to be nice and soft because I still have nightmares about wool blankets from Bootcamp. It was $25 a yard. :( With each robe needing to be nice and full I see needing a MINIMUM of 5 yards probably closer to 8.... yea... can't afford that. Even if it was on sale for 30% off. Maybe if I was just making one but not two.... But they would of been super yummy and pretty accurate from what I have read. I might have fabric in stash that could work for their cloaks. I got 17 yards of a Linen/wool blend awhile back. Right now it is a Mint green color though... SO I have to see how it will take a dye to see if it will really work.  I think I might start the muslins for the tunic tomorrow so I can take them down this weekend to have them try them on.
Sketch below of what Iam trying to do. Pretty generic Jedi costumes. One in black for Sithness.

have any of you done StarWars costumes? Well I know jainamsolo  has, yummy rainbow dress, but I am looking to do Jedi costumes. My brothers asked me if could make them costumes for Halloween. I agreed but I want to do them right. You know get crazy about little details. Any suggestion for sites, patterns, ideas, or just random knowledge?

I have a BALD SPOT!!!!!! When I was pinned into my wig at Comic Con two of the bobby pins that overlapped really really hurt. I figured it was the cost of things, and since I have only worn one other wig I didn't know if it was a normal pain sort of thing. The pain got pretty dang bad so that when at last I could, I ripped off said wig.  I really don't care for wigs and this just adds to my dislike..... Well it left a welt and scab for a few weeks. The first week being VERY VERY tender.  After shower and hair dried today I notice I am now bald in that spot. Right up front and dead center. REally hope it grows back or I need to find a new hairstyle. The whole middle part just doesn't work with a bald spot there.

I haven't had the time to really sit down and write out my post Comic Con and Costume College posts. So much going on right now. I was able to plan my costuming for the next year though. I guess I am jumping on the band wagon of Costume College being my end of year point for costuming, though its not for sewing with Halloween and Christmas around the bend. Anyways here is the plans for the next year.

Fix Generic Ren Faire dress' bodice by October
Finish Genderic Ren Faire dress' sleeves by October
Jedi Costume by Halloween
Sith Costume by Halloween
Snowman X-Stitch by December
Quilted Bear by Christmas
Masquerade Costume by Comic Con/July
Jedi Costume by Comic Con/July
18c Scallop Dress Costume College/Aug
Finish Steampunk Lolita by Costume College/Aug
Bolero/Bustle Steampunk by Costume College/Aug
Edwardian Undies by Costume College/ Aug
Finish all the already cut out PJs
Quilt
Pillow x-stitch
Toddler's sleeping Beauty

There maybe a few more that find their way in there, And more than likely alot of them won't get done with how slow I actually sew. But that is the plans!

I have all sorts of creativity post Comic Con and Costume College, but I can't seem to let any of it out due to many different reasone the main one being fundage issues so I am getting very frusterated!

When he got home today and heard about the missing corset he drug me back to the storage unit. I had already looked there but I have a bad shoulder and can't lift heavy things. I had moved around maybe 3 boxes but that was as far as I got, shoulder already aching. With him acting as the muscles we took out half of the boxes and bins until we found the right one. I HAVE THE CORSET!!!!!
YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I now have two outfits to wear. My Regency gown for gala and my Japanese Regency for Undies breakfast/allSunday. All this depended on one corset. Dang.....
He also reminded me of a dress I made for my cousin's wedding that was 50's inspired. So I will be bringing that and wearing it on Friday. WOOT!