When real things happen to imaginary people

corbaegirl very, um, helpfully points out that the "Ghastlies" fabric comes on a mauve background.

( So, pink-toned and spooky? )

What I would probably do with the fabric is use it as a center panel in a 4-panel knee-length full skirt, with the rest of the panels made from black fabric. And with a 10" wide border of the "Ghastlies" on those black panels. (Which may be a bit beyond my pattern-drafting and geometry skills, but we'll see.)

I need to find someplace near me that has the mauve background version in stock, so I can take a look at the color in real life. Because my GOODNESS, that fabric is cute.

Hey, sewing types! Refresh my memory: didn't Jo Ann's have a fabric last Halloween that was a stretchy knit that was pre-distressed? I could swear I've seen listings for such a thing on eBay under the name "zombie knit", but of course I can't find any now.

(I've been looking at a LOT of deathrock-y type photos lately, and I kind of want to create a deathrock-ish version of one of my usual outfits. High-collared, frilly blouse, full ruffly skirt, but with overlays of tattered and shredded fabric. Have I lost my sugar-enhanced mind? I dunno. It sounds fun to ME, anyway.)

(Heeeeeey, I think I have about 4 or 5 yards of heavy-weight fishnetty fabric upstairs in the storage room ...)

(Or I could get a lace blouse from a thrift store, distress it/melt holes in it, and wear it over a camisole. But what to do about the skirt?)

(I like parenthetical statements!)

Dear Whatever Powers and Muses I Need to Beseech,

I would like to have Words Back, please. I reeeeeaaally need to write, and I want to. So, can I have my words back?

Thank you!

- Cupcake Goth

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Sleep. So, I've mentioned that I'm nocturnal AND an insomniac, right? (I have vivid memories of being 4 or 5 and being wide awake into the small hours of the night, quietly playing with my toys because I couldn't fall asleep.) The Stroppy One, not pleased with this gradual slide into waking up at 11:30 or noon, has convinced me to try going to bed at 1:30-ish on most nights, and getting up around 10:30 in the morning. Okay, I can see the good points in this, especially since job-hunting probably works best during daylight. Except that I go to bed at that time, then lie awake until around 3:30, listening to the Stroppy One sleep. Let's hope the re-setting of my sleep schedule takes effect soon.

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I left the b&w stripy fabric in the hibiscus tea bath overnight. I am going to rinse and see how it turned out very soon. If it didn't darken the fabric enough for me, my back-up plan is to run it through the washer with about a tablespoon of Rose Pink RIT. Just enough to add a faint blush to the white, not enough to make it really pink.

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Okay, time to see if Words are NOT Gone. Wish me luck!

All last year, I said "I'll tackle cleaning out and organizing the storage heap room after I'm done with the book!" When I needed to find a certain item of club clothing or supplies for sewing projects, unearthing them from the storage heap room was an exciting adventure. Would I find the black lace trim or velvet & faux-fur frock coat that I knew was up there somewhere? Maybe! (Well, usually. After 15 minutes or more of rummaging and heaving piles of ruffly skirts aside.)

But.

I'm done with the writing and editing part of the book, aren't I? Which means I really DO have to start The Great Clear-Out. Yes, it will be interesting and exciting, finding things I forgot I had. It will also be tedious, and really hard work. I am a pack-rat, to put it mildly. But it Must Be Done.

(This post brought to you by my rummaging through the storage heap room in an attempt to find a bag of fabric I KNEW I had. I eventually found it, but it took over half an hour.)