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Last week, I made some Loki. I used (approximately): 3 cups water, 1 1/8 cup sugar, 1 oz vanilla and almond extracts, 4/5 cup Everclear. It came out pretty well. I think my next attempt is going to be made with honey.
Last week, I also started a mock-up for Dr Horrible's lab coat. I used McCall's pattern #M4529 as a base, and dropped the hem by 8 inches (I need to make that 10 or 12 on the final), made the front into a "cut one on fold" (need to take out an inch or two from the center - it's way too full), shortened-on-the-horizontal the under-front piece, changed the sleeves, and lengthened and shifted the collar a bit (if 10" is "a bit"). Tomorrow I'm going to Houston's fabric district where I will hopefully find some nice material for the red coat. I assume that had the costumer for Firefly realized that Simon's lab coat would be dyed red a few years later, s/he would have used cotton thread, so I will be *gasp* not accurate to the source material in that I will use red thread, not white! It may take me a while to finish the coat though, because...
My weekwork is getting started, finally! It is very promising - she has "a barnful of tuppers of scraps" just waiting to be made into accessories, so it is likely that I will be quite busy for the winter. Also, she spent a lot of time emphasising that she wants me to be creative and not just do production work - if I have ideas for new things, or new touches on existing things, I should go for it. Now I just need to get creative! ... And then crank out tons of product :-)
Last week, I also started a mock-up for Dr Horrible's lab coat. I used McCall's pattern #M4529 as a base, and dropped the hem by 8 inches (I need to make that 10 or 12 on the final), made the front into a "cut one on fold" (need to take out an inch or two from the center - it's way too full), shortened-on-the-horizontal the under-front piece, changed the sleeves, and lengthened and shifted the collar a bit (if 10" is "a bit"). Tomorrow I'm going to Houston's fabric district where I will hopefully find some nice material for the red coat. I assume that had the costumer for Firefly realized that Simon's lab coat would be dyed red a few years later, s/he would have used cotton thread, so I will be *gasp* not accurate to the source material in that I will use red thread, not white! It may take me a while to finish the coat though, because...
My weekwork is getting started, finally! It is very promising - she has "a barnful of tuppers of scraps" just waiting to be made into accessories, so it is likely that I will be quite busy for the winter. Also, she spent a lot of time emphasising that she wants me to be creative and not just do production work - if I have ideas for new things, or new touches on existing things, I should go for it. Now I just need to get creative! ... And then crank out tons of product :-)
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That job sounds wonderful. Just making things and being creative sounds very soothing... and totally unlike my current situation of people throwing fits left, right, and center. *grumble*
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