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“It’s only four types of trim on the skirt,” I said. “It’ll be easy,” I said. Well, it wasn’t easy, but it’s done! Now I need to remove the first skirt from the bodice, add this one, and then I’ll be done! Except for the embroidery. Because I’m a crazy person. #secretproject

It looks like a real thing!! Now it’s a matter of tweaking the fit and adding the details. It still bothers me that the navy is so dark- honestly, I probably would have bought new fabric if I had remembered how dark it was. Ugh, now I’m frustrated. Tell me honestly, does it look bad?

This looks like a weird ladder thing, but it’s going to be a bodice, I swear.

(I’m slightly bummed the fabrics don’t photograph well, though. But I already had the navy fabric and didn’t want to buy different navy fabric. In real life it’s pretty gorgeous, though. And soft. SO SOFT. I might even wear my chiffon malco modes petticoat with the finished dress and up the soft factor. And the poof.)

Pieces are cut and pinned and the little dragon is napping elsewhere (and off my patterns).

But my sewing machine is in the car.

Ugggggggggh.

(Also yes I still have not cleaned up my pile of fairy godmother/Cinderella fabric scraps.)

(Have I posted a picture of Fairy Godmother? Cause that bitch turned out fabulous.)

Orange?

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Six facts about my hometown

-I’ve lived in five different places.

-I was born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, which I always joke sounds like something from Rocky and Bullwinkle.

-I moved to Lexington, Kentucky when I was three. It was an excellent place for a little girl with a horse obsession.

-I moved to Independence, Kentucky when I was almost fourteen. It is the land of road kill and we had to drive twenty minutes to get to a McDonalds.

-I moved to Nashville, Tennessee when I was seventeen. No, I do not like country music. Honestly, Nashville is more hipsters than country music. Seriously.

-I moved to Orlando, Florida last year. It is hot and there are alligators in the lake in my apartment complex. Reason #258 why Hiccup is not an outside cat.

Also purple :)

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Purple is ten facts about my room!

-There is a chocolate ice cream mark on my comforter and it bothers me.

-I have my tiaras in display. I have a lot. A LOT.

-I have a giant whiteboard. I took it from my classroom when I quit teaching because my students got it for me when the school refused to get me one and I’ll be damned before they got to keep it.

-I have an empty Bath and Body Works box on the floor for the sole purpose of Hiccup’s enjoyment. He loves boxes. It’s a problem.

-I have a giant makeup collection completely organized on my dresser and yet I only use the same items every day.

-I have a whole set of art nouveau princess prints I haven’t put up yet. I’ve lived here for a year.

-I have white twinkly lights everywhere.

-I also have three different candles, in case I want to change scents.

-My room is boring.

-I tried hanging up my pin collection on cork boards and they keep falling off the wall.