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chocolatepot) wrote2012-12-31 09:12 am
chocolatepot) wrote2012-12-31 09:12 am
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Oh god, I kind of like this woman on Tumblr whose focus is on feminism and history and generally does a good job, but I've always given her the stink-eye for posting whole articles from Cracked rather than linking to them ... and now she says the term Ginger "is a slur like calling a POC the N word, a mentally disabled person the R word, or caiing a woman the C word." And that it totally started as a pejorative with South Park. And I don't know if I can handle this.
I actually tried on my 1910s corset yesterday and it fit surprisingly well. It could do with a dart at the bottom, but it's wearable. I don't know why I thought it wasn't. So I'm happy about that. I got it out so I could check the measurements with my mockup, and I think I've made the new one more curvy which is good. But I am still nostalgic for the days when you'd go to a corsetiere and get measured and fitted like with bras, because then this would all be unnecessary.
I also actually ordered spring steels for the corset. :O I was ordering a busk and steels are fairly cheap so it made sense to get them that way rather than going out to buy cable ties. I almost only bought enough for half the corset but at the last minute I remembered I needed to double that. SO EXCITED. I feel like I learned a lot from the corset sew-along and I'm a lot more comfortable with the idea.
According to the internet, my VPLL skirt pattern is out for delivery. And I have fabric for that, and mockup fabric for that, so I can work on that this afternoon. Yay! Getting shit done is the best. I might also make a paper pattern for a bonnet.
I actually tried on my 1910s corset yesterday and it fit surprisingly well. It could do with a dart at the bottom, but it's wearable. I don't know why I thought it wasn't. So I'm happy about that. I got it out so I could check the measurements with my mockup, and I think I've made the new one more curvy which is good. But I am still nostalgic for the days when you'd go to a corsetiere and get measured and fitted like with bras, because then this would all be unnecessary.
I also actually ordered spring steels for the corset. :O I was ordering a busk and steels are fairly cheap so it made sense to get them that way rather than going out to buy cable ties. I almost only bought enough for half the corset but at the last minute I remembered I needed to double that. SO EXCITED. I feel like I learned a lot from the corset sew-along and I'm a lot more comfortable with the idea.
According to the internet, my VPLL skirt pattern is out for delivery. And I have fabric for that, and mockup fabric for that, so I can work on that this afternoon. Yay! Getting shit done is the best. I might also make a paper pattern for a bonnet.