Plaster mummy

Today I had Mike transform me into a plaster mummy, covering me with wet, rapidly-hardening plaster bandages until I was in a full-body cast from neck to mid-thigh. No, I don’t have a plaster fetish.  (Really.)  Instead, we were preparing to cast a dress form using the instructions in the My Twin Dressform manual.  First you [...]
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Costly mistakes

Well, I went up to Sharon’s yesterday, and we took a look at the coat and dress.  Apparently my catchstitching in the dress hem was too tight, so the top of the hem is puckering.  All those tiny catchstitches will need to be taken out and redone.  We might be able to salvage something by [...]
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Back lace; rings ‘n things

I’ve now started applying the back lace.  I reached the halfway point yesterday, and am hoping to finish it this weekend, along with the pearls.  Here’s a 50-50 photo of the finished and unfinished lace; you’ll have to click through to the larger version to see the difference clearly.  Looks much neater on the completed [...]
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Technical difficulties

I’ve been having problems lately with Wordpress, ever since upgrading to 2.9.2.  It keeps rewriting my .htaccess file, turning it into garbage and bringing down the site.  I have inquired on the Wordpress forums for help in fixing this, but be aware that the site may go down occasionally.  If it does, check back in [...]
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A whirlwind of activity

Ever have one of those days when you wish there were three of you?  Well, I’m having one of those weeks!  Work has been really busy – in addition to covering my own job, I’m also playing QA manager, recruiter, product manager, and a few other missing roles as we try to locate folks to [...]
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