I’m really not feeling creative or motivated at all today. More specifically, I really don’t want to do anything today, but if I’m going to do anything, I only want to work on my project. Everything else makes me grumpy.
It’s time to get to work. I’m going to apply myself to the task and hope a better/more positive mood develops from (hopefully) making progress.
Lining up and pinning the okumi (overlap) panels was the most challenging pinning I’ve done in quite some time, including the pinning of the collar on any of the garments I’ve made recently. It truly wasn’t hard, but getting two angled lines to match up exactly is a lot more intense than lining up the edges of two pieces of fabric. Now to stitch them on.
Oops. I got distracted by documentation. The copy of Jidai isho no Kitsuke that I had ordered apparently does not exist in their warehouse. I’m very disappointed. But there was also good news in my inbox. The class I took where the instructor, Lady Oribe, shared the same book was recorded! I can’t share it publicly, but for my own benefit, I screen captured the images I needed and transcribed her list of the component items of the outfit.
I probably can’t do much to edit my entry for Crowns A&S, but I may have time to fix some things for the Calontir Clothing Challenge deadline at the end of January. It would include altering my skin layer, adding a kosode, and making shin protectors.
Now we go back to stitching.
A continued fight Each day a realization Of cherished ideals
Oh, reed! Bend but do not break, The wind will subside in time.
And the okumi are attached.
Tomorrow begins with step 10, attaching the collar.
