MAGIKARP, Use SEW Attack! (215 & 216)

"What? What to you mean you don't know SEW? ... Just use SPLASH attack!"

Made a Magikarp hat. Yup. That's pretty much it. I'm freaking out about having everything ready in time for Fanime. There's not even a month left and I still need to finish my boyfriend's Pac-Man pants, all three of our other group members need to make their costumes, two haven't even started, I need to make my boyfriend his Hideki (Chobits) jacket, and God only knows how long that will take, and I still have to get an appointment with the optometrist to be fitted for contact lenses, and buy the lenses I want for Chi (Chobits), at this rate, I won't get them at all. I need to prioritize here, but it's so difficult!

*sob sob cry* (Days 213 & 214)

Yesterday (Day 213) I did nothing, because.. Well, I just didn't. Well, I went to this fundraiser for Kin-Yoobi Con. We ate at TGI Fridays and took a flier, and 25% of our bill went to the con.

Then today, I intended to make a Magikarp hat. My sewing machine had other plans, though. It broke big time. Or at least I thought it did. I'm still not entirely sure what was wrong with it, but my mom fixed it. So I'm going to try again on that hat tomorrow.

But I finished my Clyde pants! Hip-hip-hooray!

No More Drifloons! (Day 212)

I sold a Drifloon hat today and made one last Drifloon. I am so glad I don't have to make any more dangly heart things. Those were the hardest part. I also made one Mewtwo hat, which used up the last of my light purple fabric. Next I'm going to make Magikarp and Jigglypuff hats. In that order, of course.

Tomorrow, my pants will be FINISHED! Then I have to hem and paint my boyfriend's pants, which I fully intend to do in one week. Yup. Totally. *ded*

Oh! And I almost have a full Pac-Man group for Fanime! We have Pac-Man and three ghosts, and one guy who really wants to be a ghost, but doesn't know if he can go to Fanime yet. He says he'll know by Thursday. Here's hoping~!

Drifloon Army (Day 211)

So today, I worked on my Clyde pants more, I'M ALMOST DONE! I also made two more Drifloon hats. I intend to make one more, and then start making Mewtwo hats, since they're pretty much the same color. I'm cutting corners on color a lot here, on all of them really. Drifloon is darker than Mewtwo, but the fabric I got is slightly lighter than Drifloon and slightly darker than Mewtwo, so I'm using it for both, heh heh heh.

My friend is coming to buy her hat tomorrow, so I'll be able to start on more hats then. I honestly can't choose what hat to make next, though. I'm thinking Magikarp, though, because I'm really in love with my design for him. Also, because I already have yellow and white fabric, so I'll just need red/orange and pink. =]

Drifloon, I choose you! (Day 210)

I made a Drifloon hat today for a friend. She's paying me $15 for it, and I'm going to use that to fund several other hats. It took me about 3 hours to finish the hat, including the time it took me to make patterns. It would have taken me less time if my sewing machine didn't jam and I hadn't forgotten how to sew on part. It's not perfect, but it is quite adorable.

However, it's too small. I mean, it kinda fits me, but after about 5 minutes, it starts giving me a headache. Sooo I'll be making another one. I know exactly how and where to make it bigger, so I'll just spend another 3 hours, hopefully less, and sell the smaller one at Kin-Yoobi, marked as "Small" of course.

The same friend has agreed to join my Pac-Man ghostie army as Pinky! Yay~! And, as long as I walk her through it, she'll be making her own costume! Double-yay! I am NOOOT painting any more pants than mine and my boyfriend's (only 'cause I agreed to do his before I knew how much work they were).

With Fanime a little over a month away, I'm getting nervous. I still have a tiny bit to do on Amaterasu to make her more comfortable to wear, I have to finish mine and my boyfriend's pants, I still need contacts for Chi (which looks like it's not happening at this point), I wanted to add more to Chi's dress to make it match Hideki's jacket, I have to make Hideki's jacket, AND (yeah, there's more) I've gotten a friend to agree to teach me to make plushies, and I'd like to have a plushie for Chi (the bunny thing from A City with No People).

Whaa! I'm swamped.

Days 206 - 209

I feel like such a liar xD I haven't been posting every day, and I've barely worked on my pants. Oops. It WILL be done by Fanime! They HAVE to be!

Back to the Pants (Day 205)

I am re-attacking my Clyde pants with GUSTO! I'm determined to finish them by the end of the week, which means working on them every day. it also means I'll be posting every day again to remind my lazy butt to do it! RAWR!