iron this & iron that.

This morning I went to Yrma's house around 6. We hadn't done anything over Thanksgiving break, because we were swarmed with family, so there was no way. Everything is pretty much sewn. I had to iron some things, especially the skirt. We have to put the skirts together on the machine, & the bust as well. Then it's done. Yrma's daughter is letting us borrow her veil. So that's another check on the list. I think we're still gonna make the train, which I have to buy the fabric for today. It depends. Then add a few decorations here & there & it's complete :D

I'm going back tomorrow morning to work on it some more.
Mr. Beane said that the product needed to be finished by today, so I'm going to try my hardest to finish it by this week!

I got home at midnight

Last night I went to Yrma's to work on what I thought was almost done. So we were going to put it on the machine after dinner. I thought I was done taking the dress apart & sewing by hand for the rest of my life. But I was so wrong. We had to take everything apart, pin it & leave an inch to sew. So out I took pins, needles, white thread & my handy dandy measuring tape. The bust was perfect, so we didn't have to worry about that. Put the skirt on the machine, until our eyes couldn't stay open.

We only have a little more to go. It sucks that I can't work on it again until Monday morning.

But in the mean time, I have to buy 'tulle' for the train we're making & the veil. I think those will be easy as pie. We might even borrow someone else's veil, because that's extra & not part of the deal, Mr. senior project :p

well I'm off to enjoy my Thanksgiving break.

till Monday, blogger. Till Monday.

6 am meetings!

So this morning, I met Kala at the college at 5:45. Got to Yrma's around 6. She wasn't even up! But we got her up & immediately started working on the dress. It was put together except the bust. So when started putting the skirt on her, it was about 4 times her size. It was awful. I guess I measured her wrong or something. So, we started pinning how much we needed to take off, when we decided to just take it apart & cut the pattern but in the smallest size. So it went from 16 to 12. Now, I'm not gonna lie; we put that dress together in an hour & a half. Like, completely. What it took us to do in a month, we did in like 2 seconds. the bust was perfect, & it looks so great. We're going to make a little train at the back of the dress, as well as a veil!
The dress already looks gorgeous. I'm going back tonight to put it to the machine :D
I can't wait to just finish this. She said she might use it for her actual wedding :D

I'm so excited.

Nervous.

Today in class, we started practicing for presentation day. Mr. Beane made us all go up one by one & practice how we're going to start our presentation. Hopefully it'll get a lot better.

I just finished sewing the skirt. I'm going to go to Yrma's house tomorrow morning. I'm just dreading getting up that early. Kala & I ran into her at the library, & we're all going to meet Friday at Yrma's house to try the dress on Kala. Then start sewing it!

Excitedddd.

Good & bad news.

I had my mom help me put together my dress all week. I'm telling you, the instructions that come with the dress don't help at all. I try & try to read them but I just don't understand. It's like their in Hebrew or somehting. But with a little help from my mom & looking at the pictures, we managed to put it together. BARELY. Yrma told me to try my best, & I did. I worked on it all night. I finally went to my mentor's house yesterday after work, & presented it to her. She said I had put it together all right & she was proud of me! UNTIL SHE LOOKED AT THE DETAILS.
The stitching was on the outside. & it's obviously supposed to be on the inside. I don't know why I didn't think of that earlier. So I had to take it all apart. Oh, but then, she looked at another dress she had sewn, & saw that the layer on top, is supposed to hang on over the dress, & not be sewn together. So I litterally had to take it ALL apart. except the bust part. just the skirt. So it wasn't THAT bad but it was three BIG pieces.
So I'm going to work on it tonight & tomorrow & have it done by the time we meet again.
Which is Thursday morning. AT SIX. Meaning I have to drive deep into Lenoir at quarter to 6. To work on it & maybe start sewing it on the machine.
I just want to get it done!

Last night,

I worked on my dress for a couple of hours. My boyfriend came over & helped me pin a few things & took a few pictures. I've got one more thing to hand sew, then to put it all together & try it on Kala. I also need to buy a 7/9 invisible zipper.
Kala & I are going to go to my mentor's house tomorrow around 5:30.
Expect pictures!
I'm finally gonna take time this weekend to upload a bunch of pictures on my website.
But I think I'm going to make it into a slidshow on photobucket or something.
I just need to e-mail myself all the pictures from my/my mentor's/my mom's phone.

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This morning

I met up with my mentor at my house. We started working on the part where the bust is, which in her opinion is the hardest part; it's almost done.
We thought we weren't going to have enough fabric for the straps, but we managed to cut it out of scraps. So there is nothing left inthe world to cut!

I need to sew pieces together by hand by Thursday, which is when we're meeting again. After that, we need to start putting the pieces together into the actual dress.
Having that done, we are meeting again Saturday morning, because I usually work Saturdays, to work on it some more. Maybe Kala will come with me then, so we can fit it, because we start sewing with the machine. I'm estimating i will have it done by another week.
Piece of cake, right?
:D

I forgot to mention

Friday after school, I went to my mentor's house for a few hours & worked more on my project :)

Fabric is all cut!

Friday night, I went to my mentor's house & cut all the fabric. It was awesome. We were coming up a little short on some fabric, but we managed to fit it. We worked for a few hours, & it's just so time consuming. Pinning everything, cuttingn it perfectly. I'm basically sewing two dresses, because it has this pretty covering. Saturday morning for a couple of hours before work, I went back to finish pinning both fabric together & start sewing both fabrics together. For the bust, we have to buy lining. So I have to buy that sometime before Thursday, because Thrusday morning, we're gonna keep working on it. Then Thursday night, when Kala & I get off work, we're going to head to my mentor's house to start fitting her. & then immediately start sewing. I'm so scared that I'm going to mess up. So much. But this'll be good experience. Hopefully.