Halloween Costumes or, Why I've Been AWOL
Oct. 29th, 2009 01:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blodeueddI still have to sew the bottom of the jacket and sew on the braid, but you know what? I am LIGHT-YEARS further than I was last year at this time. Last year, as you may recall, K and I were both up all night working on finishing the costumes. This year, there will be no all-nighter! *cheers for self*
My sewing super-power is setting sleeves. When I take my time and do them right, as I did for my Prince Charming costume, they look great -- even my seams almost all match up! I'm also not too bad at drafting stuff.
On the other hand, I am still mada mada at setting zippers (I'm getting better, though!), as well as cutting pieces so that the edges line up properly. Oh, and at managing my time wisely. XD
I was thinking this morning that it's amazing how our character can shape our destiny. For instance, if I didn't tend to procrastinate, I wouldn't have signed up for my first semester of university classes at the last minute. If I'd signed up earlier, the Japanese class might not have been full, in which case I would probably never had studied Mandarin. And if I'd never taken that Beginner Chinese class, my mother would certainly never have set me up with G (we originally met for language exchange), and I would most likely have come to Japan several years earlier -- and who knows where I'd be now? I wouldn't have Tabitha, that's for sure!
My sewing super-power is setting sleeves. When I take my time and do them right, as I did for my Prince Charming costume, they look great -- even my seams almost all match up! I'm also not too bad at drafting stuff.
On the other hand, I am still mada mada at setting zippers (I'm getting better, though!), as well as cutting pieces so that the edges line up properly. Oh, and at managing my time wisely. XD
I was thinking this morning that it's amazing how our character can shape our destiny. For instance, if I didn't tend to procrastinate, I wouldn't have signed up for my first semester of university classes at the last minute. If I'd signed up earlier, the Japanese class might not have been full, in which case I would probably never had studied Mandarin. And if I'd never taken that Beginner Chinese class, my mother would certainly never have set me up with G (we originally met for language exchange), and I would most likely have come to Japan several years earlier -- and who knows where I'd be now? I wouldn't have Tabitha, that's for sure!
