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Costume Project: Wisteria Fox Day 2

 It's been exciting getting a bunch of packages in the mail this week with my supplies! And it's a long weekend so I may be able to get started. 

My "project box" with all my supplies!

I have what I need to get started cutting and dying the fabric. And praise be to God, the peachskin silky fabric is a solid 7 yards and not cut into pieces like I feared. 

Side Note about Fabric Shopping 

There are so many benefits to buying fabric online but lets not ignore its drawbacks. Not being there in person to feel the fabric and check the drape is a downside. However, if it's a fabric you're familiar with then it doesn't matter if you can touch it. Again, I lucked out and this fabric is just what I was hoping for. However, some fabric stores, even online, may not have a continuous ream of fabric in the yardage you want. They'll still sell you the fabric but the fabric may be two pieces of fabric that add up to your total yardage. (So for 10 yards they may send you two 5 yard pieces.) Sometimes this is just a limitation of the bolts the store has in stock. They only have so much fabric on them. (Typically it's between 40 - 100 yards per bolt but it can depend on the thickness of the fabric.) While brand new bolts may have a lot of fabric, if it has been in the store for awhile with customers taking pieces, it may only have a couple yards left. Fabric websites I shop at will generally tell you how many yards they have in stock and will warn if you that the yardage may come in pieces. If you're in need of bulk fabric or just want a lot of yardage, you're best bet it to purchase from a fabric warehouse directly.

Moving on...

So I've been excited to get started yet, my body had other plans. My therapy was particularly rough this week leaving me very emotionally distressed and now I have a migraine in my eye. (Wearing an eyepatch atm). This will cause delays because I can't concentrate or look at things directly for very long. And cutting fabric and dyeing it will take concentration and a lot of effort. (Wrangling many yards of fabric in a small space is no fun!) So the start will be delayed until I recover. This can be the reality of costume making. Thankfully, because this is a "for fun" costume with no event, I do not have to stress about a deadline. But if I did, I would always add cushion time to my plan for events like this where I'm too sick/impaired to work or a package is delayed or I need to order more material and wait for that!

I suppose I could try to re-learn how to knit today but my cat's sleeping on my tum-tum and I feel like I need another nap even though I've only been up for an hour. LOL.

How could you make this sweet boy move?
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