Costume College, Day 2
Aug. 5th, 2012 12:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sakon76Donned my medieval garb this morning and headed in to Costume College! Fortunately I'd taken in my Bargain Bazaar items yesterday, because I had no time to have dropped anything off today! The commute in was a beauty; I only dropped below 65mph once, and that was for a right-lane closure. I also got petrol just before leaving this morning, so I reset my counter and now have an accurate gauge that it's 50 miles from home to the hotel.
The petticoat class went great! No one finished in the three hours, but a few people were close, and I think everyone left with the skills to finish their petticoats and make more in the future.
After that three hour class ended, I had just enough time to drop my tub of samples in my car and then go to a three and a half class on stringing pearls. Remember that set of pearl earrings I promised myself after finishing Queen's Choice? I now have them, along with a matching necklace. And, honestly, the skill was easy enough for me that I'm now thinking, hmm, who on my Christmas list would like pearls. :)
Both of which classes also led me to the contemplation that I'm one of those people who picks up skills reasonably quickly. In particular, the wide range in my petticoat class of who "got it" quickly and who didn't, has led me to thinking about this. I guess "learns easily" is a skill unto itself?
I also browsed the Marketplace, and sadly, Hedgehog Handiworks is not there! ;_; I'm going to have to do a mail order from them, as no one who is there seems to have a 12" busk, which is something I need for the 1912 corset. And there are a few other things I want, too. Lucet weaving book! I did, however, peruse Decades of Style's offerings, and picked up the Kitchenette Pajamas for next Costume Con's Single Pattern Competition, and also purchased the pattern for the 1950s Object D'Art Dress, which is so new it's not even up on her site yet.
And while I was doing all this, Wonderful Husband heroically got up early on a Saturday morning and waited online in line for SDCC membership. He got our memberships, and we will be going Sat/Sun next year. Yay!
The petticoat class went great! No one finished in the three hours, but a few people were close, and I think everyone left with the skills to finish their petticoats and make more in the future.
After that three hour class ended, I had just enough time to drop my tub of samples in my car and then go to a three and a half class on stringing pearls. Remember that set of pearl earrings I promised myself after finishing Queen's Choice? I now have them, along with a matching necklace. And, honestly, the skill was easy enough for me that I'm now thinking, hmm, who on my Christmas list would like pearls. :)
Both of which classes also led me to the contemplation that I'm one of those people who picks up skills reasonably quickly. In particular, the wide range in my petticoat class of who "got it" quickly and who didn't, has led me to thinking about this. I guess "learns easily" is a skill unto itself?
I also browsed the Marketplace, and sadly, Hedgehog Handiworks is not there! ;_; I'm going to have to do a mail order from them, as no one who is there seems to have a 12" busk, which is something I need for the 1912 corset. And there are a few other things I want, too. Lucet weaving book! I did, however, peruse Decades of Style's offerings, and picked up the Kitchenette Pajamas for next Costume Con's Single Pattern Competition, and also purchased the pattern for the 1950s Object D'Art Dress, which is so new it's not even up on her site yet.
And while I was doing all this, Wonderful Husband heroically got up early on a Saturday morning and waited online in line for SDCC membership. He got our memberships, and we will be going Sat/Sun next year. Yay!
