Trim-a-lima ding dong! The lining is out and the trimming is on its way. I should have this one on Marigold tonight as a COMPLETED piece. *happy sigh*

Well I made it to Ikasucon, the Cheshire was a relative hit even without ears or a tail. Here's a quick pic of the group of us: 

Other than that the cosplay competition did really well. No joke, people brought their A-game this year! We had lots of amazing costumes and it made it really hard for us to pick a winner. Either way people won, we had fun, made a good friend cry with a birthday surprise, and I FOUND A LOKI! 

Sewing pro-tip 1: Lining fabric is usually very thin and doesn't like my serger.

Sewing pro-tip 2: When sewing in a lining, don't assume you can sew it to the armscye and still be able to turn it if the shoulder seams are already sewn.

Or the short version, I like to line stuff that I make cause it hides all the seams and looks nice, but I am by no means awesome at lining things.

Small joys...

I've inherited a lot of my sewing supplies, coming from a family of tailors I guess its bound to happen. One of the few things I haven't inherited a lot of is thread, which is why I'm always really happy when I use a whole spool by myself. I know it's a weird thing to be thrilled about, but whatever I just killed my third spool of thread. Yup, I'm proud of myself, deal with it. :D