Llyra-fantasyfae

I got my grades back. My GPA took a hit. :( 2 A's, 1 B, and 1 C. But part of me is kind of happy with that. The begining of the semester was full of doubt on whether or not I was even smart enough to do this. My Anatomy teacher is known to be one of the hardest in the school. Its a common joke that an B in his class is equilivant to a A in any other class. I laugh at that because everyone always says that, but the joke may have been on me. Everytime I was asked who I was taking Anatomy with and I would tell them, the repsonse I got was always, "Oh I'm sorry." Thing is, I really liked the teacher. Enough to try and take physiology with him. But I won't be taking Chemistry at the same time so I am not dreading it as much. Chemsitry on the other hand was evil. For some reason it was like a foriegn language. Things just didn't stick. And then I found out later, I wasn't suppose to be in the hard Chemistry. My counselor told me to take it without taking the 101 level. BUT ALL I NEEDED WAS THE 101 LEVEL. AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! I fought for that C. And I could cry with how happy I am with that C. Yes it killed my GPA but I passed dangit!
So I now have a month and a half to get a Regency dress done, and I have my whole winter break left to do it. So excited!

Tomorrow will be another round of first days. I have two classes on Mon./Wes, with one of them on Friday also. Then I have two more on Tuesday and Thursday. I can tell the 45 min drive one way will get old fast. So far its good. My one gripe is actually pretty big though. I bought the 200 (and some) dollar book for the class only to find out today all I need from it is the $85 online pass code. The one inside the wrapped package that once opened cannot be returned. With the code I can access the book online and all my homework and quizzes will use the program. The teacher flat out said not to even bother bringing the book to class. *head/desk* I am irritated. If I wanted an online class that is what I would be doing. The reason I wanted to take a face to face class was so I could bring my book, paper, pencil and learn from the teacher. AND the extra $100+ could have been used to buy new pretties for my Explorer or if I go the unselfish route boots for Hubby's Ren faire outfit. *grrrrrrrrr*
Okay enough complaining. I am blessed to be even able to attend school. Everything else so far seems good.
After I completed my homework and ate dinner I actually had about 1 1/2-2 hours till bed so I put more work into the petticoat. I thought that it would take me a day tops. I was sadly mistaken. :) I am flat-felling all the seams and making things look pretty.  I was a little confused by the waistband directions, or lack of I should say. So I had sized up the waistband thinking it need to be my waist size. Then realized there was a back and front seam and I think I am suppose to cut two of them. Then I wasn't sure if I should have adjusted the waist. And looking at the sketch, I was even more confused because it looks like the yoke part is only on one half of the petticoat. Which if that is the case I wouldn't even begin to know what I was doing, especially with the added drawstring. SOOOOOO, I took my enlarged waistband, split my petticoat directly in half. Laid the waist band down alongside the top, and cut it to size with a seam allowance. I then cut three more of them so I could double it up. In my mind it makes sense. I now have a back and front seam like the pattern said. I have two layers so I can sandwich the petticoat body in between and make myself a drawstring channel. If I am wrong, I am going with the ignorance is bliss route. That part is all connected together. I also cut it down some. It was already at the top of my feet which is too long for the intended skirt, without adding a ruffle. Hopefully tomorrow will be another lax day of homework so I can get at the very least the ruffle attached.

Or at least it gives me a sense of control and I don't get as panicy. Right now I am completely overwhelmed so lists it is. If you see this its because you are on my friend list. If you like... Just go ahead and read the next post on your friends list.

( Sewing to-do-list )
( Rest of my life list )

ETA: Checking things off and added a few under Job stuff.

The semester for school is almost over, and I am sooooo ready for it to be. Sad thing is its mostly because of one class. Boooo to that class. But also boo to it sucking up my sewing time. I really have been wanting to sew. But I know I should do homework so I forbid myself to do any sewing until my homework is done. Then since I am starting to detest the homework I don't do that and nothing gets done. *DOH* I did sew some binding to the openings of the sleeves down at the cuff. I wanted to work on something pretty so I picked up the Autumn sleeves again. I have all four of the bindings machine sewn. One sleeve only needs half of one side done and then it is finished. The other still has not been touched. The underskirt's drill has been cut down, and after scaling up the pattern I found out I will need 1 1/2- 2 more yards of drill for the farthingale. Out of all the drills I have I ran out of white. Oh well At least by scraping the old skirt I don't have to buy quite as much.  The first thing I will have to make though is a corset. I can't do the waist of the farthingale without knowing my waist measurement. And if it alters my waist by more then an inch or so I will have to redo my measurements for the farthingales bottom circumference. SO yea... I decided to work on sleeves. I should work on the sleeves and bodice of the Generic Ren I was working on. Just in case I go to the faire this weekend. No.... I should do my homework. BLAH!

One lab and quiz done. One class and a midterm to go. I am just a wee bit behind on school work this week.

Spring break is over. :(. I was able to get the bodice and sleeves done so that all that is left is hand sewing. I ordered some lacing rings from this site. http://www.alteryears.com/ Instead of 110 eyelets like the pattern calls for I am substituting some of the rings. That and I took out a lot of them. I took out the lacing up the back since it has side lacing. I also took some off of the sleeves. I sitll have the skirt to do. I am being hopeful. There is still a couple weeks to go so I should be able to finish the skirt before then. I hope....
Either way it is back to the homework for me.

I have been madly sewing bias trim on a dress I am going to wear to my cousin's wedding this weekend. It is inspired by a pattern cover I found from the 1950s. I am pretty happy with how it came out. Chris was willing to help me after I broke down crying on him. Basicially the whole having nothing to wear that will make me feel pretty because I am to fat. Along with us not having the money to even try to find something else that would work, combined with my frustration with not being able to figure out the pattern myself... So he helped me fix the problem with the back of my mock up and I finally admitted defeat with trying to get a perfectly smooth front. Its only on the front panel (out of 6 mind you,) that I am having problems with wrinkling and it wanting to ride up. I am sure it has something to do with bias but I am not experianced enough nor did I have enough time to figure it out. A few tugs now and again and the problem is solved enough. I just know if I do this pattern again I will want to have it fixed.
On a Happy note I was able to squeeze the pattern onto a piece of Thai silk I have in my stash, that I found while we were in Japan. YUMMMM!!!!! Its a lovely blue/black shot silk. I am trimming it in a dark blue silk that is crazy slippery. I have until Friday to finish it which I hope is doable. I have alot of homework to get done also. Right now I have two chapters to read and 2 short essays for Gerontology, 4 expirments and a short essay in Biology, along with my Math midterm left, and I need to get started on my Gerontology Research paper...
Yea... Slightly anxiety attacky.... Thankfully hubby has been good... He was able to talk me out of having one yesterday. I am feeling okay today though it is creeping back. So I should get back to something productive. Pictures hopefully will follow this weekend. Though I will have to snag them from someone else. Our Camera broke. :(

are always the busiest days of the week for me. I have the bootcamp workout first thing in the morning, Then I teach at the Japanese preschool then go to school myself. Even though that is all over by 1300 I am beat when its over. I was able to get my plane ticket back to the states today. WHOOOOOO HOOOOOO. I also got 3/4ths of the split stitch done on my embroidered gear, updated my webpage and got my little Elementalist up to level 4. Now it is time for bed!