Timov: cranky but honest

Will Write For Chocolate has been updated.



I -love- my new serger and am much more appreciative than I was when Fabricland first called me and told me that I had won their prize draw ("What's a serger??").

Instead of having to unpick stitches, iron and then sew the alteration I'm doing to a top I recently made, for example, I just serged over everything! The extra material and stitches got automatically cut off by the knives AND a new serged seam got put into place in just one pass.

A HUGE thanks to Beckett, by the way, for e-mailing me a sketch of how I might alter my dress back to make it fit better.



I've noticed that many sewers tend to name their dressmaker forms. Archiver-tim suggested the name "Adira" which apparently means "a maker of dreams" in Centauri (Babylon Five reference).

The name's gorgeous but somehow I think my creations aren't going to be too dream-like, judging from all the mistakes I seem to be making. But I like the nerdy aspect, so I've decided to name my form TIMOV, which is the name of one of Londo Mollari's wives. Also the word "vomit" backwards.

In B5, Timov is rude, cranky but unwaveringly honest. I think the name will suit my dressmaker's form pretty well. :-) Thanks for the inspiration, Tim.

I've adjusted the settings on Timov so that she matches my own measurements. That was certainly an enlightening experience, cranking the hip adjuster bigger and bigger! I'm certainly more pear-shaped than the "ideal figure," plus I have a much longer torso.

I'm thinking of setting up a "face holder" on top, so I can print out or draw interesting faces on Timov whenever I feel like it, and turn the form into part of my office decor. Like my office needs more decor.

:-)





Above: some Castelmar plants.

I hadn't realized until a few days ago that it was a holiday weekend. I'll be working on Monday as usual. I've found that as a freelancer, I tend not to be aware of holidays until I go out to discover that everything's closed.

Spending this weekend doing Urban Tapestry prep, writing and doing layouts for the graphic novel, more card illustrations for Blush, and inevitable sewing.

Six more days 'til Balticon!

Babylon Five Virgin update

SPOILER WARNING: The blog below focuses on my reports while watching Babylon Five for the first time. An LJ feed is also available. If you haven't seen B5 yet and don't want spoilers, please DO NOT click below.

Season 3, Episode 65: Shadow Dancing
Season 3, Episode 66: Z'Ha'Dum



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