I’ve been working on a few sewing projects lately, because this crazy heat down here in Memphis is just NOT conducive to wearing denim. That makes me a little sad, because I’m a denim kind of gal—I love my bootcuts, my capris, and my skinny jeans. That being said, though, I’m definitely not wearing any of those until the weather cools down. I’ve made the skirt above, which was super simple, and another “cheater” skirt.
I call these cheater skirts because they don’t require a zipper or any other type of closure—just elastic! I love elastic, because it’s super comfy, as long as it’s not too tight. The top skirt was actually more complicated than the bottom one. It involved stretching some 2 1/2” wide elastic to the width of the skirt fabric, then letting it pucker up the fabric once it shrunk back down. The second skirt was the simplest thing ever—just a simple A-line skirt, cut on the bias so it stretches just enough that it doesn’t have to have a lot of fullness added in, with an elastic waistband. I’m experimenting with slightly shorter skirts as of late, since all the skirts I’ve ever made have been at least mid-calf. Showin’ a little knee! =P
On an unrelated note, I need to develop some better project-photo poses. These are miserable! Thank you to my wonderful husband, Jesse, for taking a moment out from Lost Odyssey to snap these for me, though!
As far as beginning grad school down here in Memphis goes, I love it! Granted, classes haven’t started yet, so I might eat my words next week when I start getting some assignments, but I really love the people down here, as well as the department. We’re having a department welcome party BBQ at the head of the department’s house on Saturday, which will be nice to take my man along to as arm candy (kidding, of course!!).
I spent a good 40 minutes today figuring out why my desk and chair were rather broken (I’m one of 16 in a communal grad student bullpen-style office). I have a design-height table as a desk, which is great, except that it means I also have a tall drafting chair. And for whatever reason, it doesn’t have one of those little rings at the bottom for me to rest my feet on, and it didn’t seem to be height-adjustable. I swear. Ancient 70s science lab chair. At any rate, after crawling around on my hands and knees under the chair (which is too heavy to just lift), I discovered that it was, indeed, adjustable, and had originally hailed from a Bowling Green, OH manufacturer. Who knew! It totally makes sense, though, as to why this chair was impossible to understand.
Also, the adjustable height mechanism for the table was completely shot—it looked like someone had tried to adjust one side to a 10-degree tilt, and the other to a 35-degree, and, well, it just didn’t work. Thankfully I’m sort of handy with these things—I loosened the adjustment knobs all the way, then picked up the table and dropped it. =P The jarring of the impact sent everything falling, and it now lies completely flat again. Yay!
At any rate, today was non-stop busy in the costume shop, so I didn’t get a chance to take any photos of my desk or workspace. Those will be coming soon, however! Meanwhile, I’ll leave you with a necklace I’ve been lusting over since I saw it on Meg the Grand’s Pinterest, via Etsy:
Love it!! Ciao, All!
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