process post week 4

class project

This week was kinda boring - just continuing to work on the embroidery.  I added the drop shadows on the hearts, so next week I'll start on the small details and maybe the words.  I did make a cool discovery this week though.  I'm completely a wimp, and I know that if I watch horror movies I'll have nightmares for a week and I'll definitely regret it, so I just don't do it.  But every single October I still want to, because I don't know, Halloween spirit I guess?  I kept hearing that the Haunting of Bly Manor was really really good, but creepy children freak me out, so I decided not to watch it.  Then yesterday when I was working on my embroidery I decided to watch it anyway.  I always watch tv while I embroider, so I figured I'd try this.  And it worked!  I mean I didn't think the episode was that scary, but I was more focused on the embroidery than the show, so I think I've figured out the secret.  I'll just watch horror while I embroider since paying more attention to the embroidery means I miss most of the jump scares.  

independent project

It looks like I didn't get that much done this week, but that was mostly just because what I did took me a while.  I sewed the diamond darts on the back, and marked them on the front.  The fabric is really difficult to sew, so I wanted to really take my time with it.  I spent a while sewing practice diamond darts on scraps of my fabric, and made sure to iron the creases really well, which takes a lot of time.  I had to stop and start multiple times to make sure that they were lined up perfectly and that the fabric hadn't slipped around, but I think I should be able to knock out the front darts pretty quickly next week.