I have been assimilated
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lovetriangleThe sewphisticate meme...
1. Are you the type of stitcher who works on one project start to finish, or do you work several different projects at once?
I usually have 18 things going at once, though most have been consigned to Hades and may not ever be "active" again.
2. How do you decide which projects to begin? Need? Whim? Herd mentality?
Usually need - I don't finish anything without a deadline, though I am more flexible about what I can wear where nowadays so I can justify applying THIS deadline to THAT dress.
3. What are the sorts of things that will cause you to hurl said project(s) into the corner and consign them to the pit of Hades?
Continual resistance. I'll work on something happily until I run into several problems in a row - could be not having the right supplies or not getting the shape of something right. If I stop on one part and run into roadblocks on another part I usually put it away.
4. Once consigned to Hades, will you ever return to the d*mned project and complete?
Rarely, but the PDSvN dress has been the grand exception. I keep applying new deadlines to it and picking it up after looooooong breaks in the firey pits.
5. What about those projects you complete, and then decide you hate for whatever reason (doesn’t fit, don’t really like how it looks on you, etc.) How do you dispose of them?
Hmmmm, if something is not working I don't finish it. I can't say as I've completed something I hate in years. If I get tired of something or make a better version of it I'll either cut it up or give it away.
6. When disposing of old costumes, do you pick off the good bits (the nice lace, the vintage buttons, etc.) to use on future projects, or does the dress move on to the great wardrobe in the sky more or less intact?
Depends. If it's really good fabric and I'm SURE I won't wear it again I'll cut that sucker up for every last scrap! If nothing about it really appeals to me I'll give it away intact.
7. Of course imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but have you ever gone anywhere (including to various Web pages) and found a gown that looks suspiciously like one that you created?
Not necessarily. *snicker* I get inspired by paintings so if other costumers have been inspired by the same painting their dress will look similar to mine. And honestly, if someone ripped off one of my dresses I would have no way of knowing they took the design from me vs the sources I took the design from. Case in point, the Venetian craze. I'd say at least 80% of the dresses are based on teh same 2 portraits I liked. *sigh* What can you do? I have had a trim idea stolen from me and the maker readily copped to it. No one would have known but me and I was flattered she liked mine so much that she tried it on her own dress.
8. Have you ever lifted design elements from the gowns of other costumers? (Let me be specific: Not vintage garments, not film costuming, but gowns created by costumers you have come across, either at events, cons, or on the Web.)
Nothing that shows. I have used construction techniques I've gleaned off other costumer websites like using cable ties fromsarahbellemor the double ribbon lacing of jenthompson. But I suffer from a neurotic desire to be unique and noticed so I've never copied someone else's dress. That's just tacky.
9. If you could pay someone to do one hated task involved in sewing, it would be…
Uh, sewing. No really, it's the SEWING I hate. I like designing, drafting, fitting, and the having of my creations. I just hate the grunt-work of sitting and making the damn things.
10. What are you working on now?
Pinkie - pink Venetian for CC'07
The sekrit gala outfit for CC'07
chemise dress and Kyoto zone-front jacket for CC'07
I doubt I'll finish the PDSvN again for this but there's always next year. :-)
sewphisticate meme... 1. Are you the type of stitcher who works on one project start to finish, or do you work several different projects at once?
I usually have 18 things going at once, though most have been consigned to Hades and may not ever be "active" again.
2. How do you decide which projects to begin? Need? Whim? Herd mentality?
Usually need - I don't finish anything without a deadline, though I am more flexible about what I can wear where nowadays so I can justify applying THIS deadline to THAT dress.
3. What are the sorts of things that will cause you to hurl said project(s) into the corner and consign them to the pit of Hades?
Continual resistance. I'll work on something happily until I run into several problems in a row - could be not having the right supplies or not getting the shape of something right. If I stop on one part and run into roadblocks on another part I usually put it away.
4. Once consigned to Hades, will you ever return to the d*mned project and complete?
Rarely, but the PDSvN dress has been the grand exception. I keep applying new deadlines to it and picking it up after looooooong breaks in the firey pits.
5. What about those projects you complete, and then decide you hate for whatever reason (doesn’t fit, don’t really like how it looks on you, etc.) How do you dispose of them?
Hmmmm, if something is not working I don't finish it. I can't say as I've completed something I hate in years. If I get tired of something or make a better version of it I'll either cut it up or give it away.
6. When disposing of old costumes, do you pick off the good bits (the nice lace, the vintage buttons, etc.) to use on future projects, or does the dress move on to the great wardrobe in the sky more or less intact?
Depends. If it's really good fabric and I'm SURE I won't wear it again I'll cut that sucker up for every last scrap! If nothing about it really appeals to me I'll give it away intact.
7. Of course imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but have you ever gone anywhere (including to various Web pages) and found a gown that looks suspiciously like one that you created?
Not necessarily. *snicker* I get inspired by paintings so if other costumers have been inspired by the same painting their dress will look similar to mine. And honestly, if someone ripped off one of my dresses I would have no way of knowing they took the design from me vs the sources I took the design from. Case in point, the Venetian craze. I'd say at least 80% of the dresses are based on teh same 2 portraits I liked. *sigh* What can you do? I have had a trim idea stolen from me and the maker readily copped to it. No one would have known but me and I was flattered she liked mine so much that she tried it on her own dress.
8. Have you ever lifted design elements from the gowns of other costumers? (Let me be specific: Not vintage garments, not film costuming, but gowns created by costumers you have come across, either at events, cons, or on the Web.)
Nothing that shows. I have used construction techniques I've gleaned off other costumer websites like using cable ties from
sarahbellemor the double ribbon lacing of jenthompson. But I suffer from a neurotic desire to be unique and noticed so I've never copied someone else's dress. That's just tacky.9. If you could pay someone to do one hated task involved in sewing, it would be…
Uh, sewing. No really, it's the SEWING I hate. I like designing, drafting, fitting, and the having of my creations. I just hate the grunt-work of sitting and making the damn things.
10. What are you working on now?
Pinkie - pink Venetian for CC'07
The sekrit gala outfit for CC'07
chemise dress and Kyoto zone-front jacket for CC'07
I doubt I'll finish the PDSvN again for this but there's always next year. :-)
