Teh Suckz Thread

[victoriavictrix]

Thanks guys, sleep was exactly what I needed. I have net back, the carpet is drying and my husband has decreed I shall have a new office. It will be easy to do, too. We are going to wall off the second floor loft, make it a double-bookshelf wall so we won't even lose the shelf space, and I will be good to go. Then a day at most to move my stuff.

Then we can raise the floor of this room so that water no longer comes in.

[Gift_in_Edge]

I know how you feel victoriavictrix. Our basement flooded one time. The subpump went out with the electricity. There was carpet down there and it took forever to scrape up. :C

On another note I had a dream last night where I was playing an Obitsu doll crane game! It even had eyes and wigs that you could get. I thought I won one of the dolls but it ended up being a bag of plastic rosaries. Weird I know.

[OkamiKodomo]

Most people don't have seam allowances on their patterns when they're in the block/sloper phase. It's much easier to make adjustments that way because it's nothing to add a seam allowance after. When I was working on pants I had a saddle bag problem but never a baggy seat. How are you measuring to wind up with that?

Well, I'm working out a pattern to specifically fit the RS MSD boy body, because I'll have 3 of the lil buggers once I'm done with body and head swapping.... And I used some plastic wrap and tape to work out the basic pattern, but once I cut apart the plastic wrap, and traced it onto the scrap fabric, but I guess the plastic bits shifted or something while tracing. Or I just eyeballed things wrong, or didn't sew it right on the line. I don't know, I messed up somewhere. My third attempt worked out well enough, except I sewed the hem on the cuffs a little uneven, so one side is slightly shorter but it's not too noticeable, and they high-water on him, but the final pattern can be made with a little more length. I'm still kind of frustrated with it.

You have my sympathies, VV.... my mom's old place flooded every spring, when the snow melted, because the drains were stopped up from the last owners of the house.

On another note, and more that belongs in this thread.... my hubby got arrested the other night for what should've been a walking arrest, but the cop was trying to show off to his rookie partner..... so he spent the night in jail, and I made a fool of myself, pounding down the neighbor's door, like a piece of white trailer trash. -sigh- Fortunately, my neighbor forgave me for my less than stellar display, but the whole weekend really sucked. The car had been bought from the neighbor last month, but he never got my roommate (who bought the car) the title to it, while the neighbor had a suspended license, so we were pulled over because the tag is still registered to the neighbor... so I pounded on his door like I was raiding his house to blame him for the pullover.... it was a mess and I had a lovely little panic attack.

[Lokiholic]

In an attempt to get my cat out of the woods (long story) I ended up sliding on the wet grass, falling and possibly reinjuring my knee.

And I have to work tonight. 4 hours, retail, no chairs.

This is going to SUCK.

[DollyKim]

Most people don't have seam allowances on their patterns when they're in the block/sloper phase. It's much easier to make adjustments that way because it's nothing to add a seam allowance after. When I was working on pants I had a saddle bag problem but never a baggy seat. How are you measuring to wind up with that?

Well, I'm working out a pattern to specifically fit the RS MSD boy body, because I'll have 3 of the lil buggers once I'm done with body and head swapping.... And I used some plastic wrap and tape ...

The plastic wrap could be stretching etc. Going that way the first thing I'd say is more tape. Try wrapping the doll with scrap fabric or gauze then tape on top of that. You only need one leg, half the front, and half a tush. Cut it off along where you'd put a seam, if you need to cut more to make the piece lay flat cut where you'd put a dart. Although I measure for my patterns I did use tape to make something I felt to complicated to measure.

[OkamiKodomo]

Most people don't have seam allowances on their patterns when they're in the block/sloper phase. It's much easier to make adjustments that way because it's nothing to add a seam allowance after. When I was working on pants I had a saddle bag problem but never a baggy seat. How are you measuring to wind up with that?

Well, I'm working out a pattern to specifically fit the RS MSD boy body, because I'll have 3 of the lil buggers once I'm done with body and head swapping.... And I used some plastic wrap and tape ...

The plastic wrap could be stretching etc. Going that way the first thing I'd say is more tape. Try wrapping the doll with scrap fabric or gauze then tape on top of that. You only need one leg, half the front, and half a tush. Cut it off along where you'd put a seam, if you need to cut more to make the piece lay flat cut where you'd put a dart. Although I measure for my patterns I did use tape to make something I felt to complicated to measure.

I'll try the scrap/gauze method, thanks! The plastic wrap was also a few layers thick, so maybe it distorted my shapes too much.

[DollyKim]

My sister's idea of a house to buy= yard for her pony, even if the house is falling apart and the rooms are closets

Idea of a house from the people actually paying for it= at least 3 bedrooms no smaller than what we have, 2 toilets, and a stove!

The pot of gold at the end of this scrimping rainbow is getting harder and harder for me to see. It's not the not being able to spend my money, it's the being able to fully decide what to do with it and not being forced to save on top of paying more than my fair share of bills that sucks. Being owed enough to buy a Volks limited and almost a car kind of suck.

[Lexagon]

My wrists started to act up now because I was trying to sew my dollieh's new dress now that I've finally gotten her identity but I can't even finish it because I can barely do much more than type with my wrists right now.

I'm determined to get it done tonight. I want to make her facebook and post her bio here. IT WILL BE DONE.

Just at my expense, no big deal.

[DollyKim]

If we don't have an accepted offer by June 30th we lose out on the loan program this time around and have to reapply. Biggest bummer is we still need to move, to another rental, and start the BS all over again.

Making a new Roger is the only thing keeping me sane at the moment. There's a couple more heads I want to do as well. Hooray for dolls always being there. <3

[OkamiKodomo]

If we don't have an accepted offer by June 30th we lose out on the loan program this time around and have to reapply. Biggest bummer is we still need to move, to another rental, and start the BS all over again.

Making a new Roger is the only thing keeping me sane at the moment. There's a couple more heads I want to do as well. Hooray for dolls always being there. <3

-hugs- dolls are great that way.