Home comfort

[clevermanka]

Hello to the new people I met at Con*Strict who friended me here!



I slept ten hours in my own bed last night and it was beautiful. In case you didn't know, I fucking love my bed. I have an exquisite (and expensive) mattress, the bed itself is gorgeous, and I've embellished it with fringed fabric for curtains, tassels, fairy lights, and other random decorations (silk flowers, metal ornaments, etc.). It looks like something out of a modern Arabian Nights. It's a good bed and I miss it second only to mckitterick when I'm traveling alone. Well, it and being able to eat safely and reliably. But mmmm. Bed. I'll go hungry if it means spending more time in my bed which is exactly what I did today.

The topic of bloomers came up in Friday's Open Thread on The Toast and someone very kindly mentioned my Etsy shop. I got a few comments there and on Etsy about re-listing, and five people favorited my shop. So I'm going to spend this week getting the shop re-stocked, and listing the newly-made pairs since I have only ten pairs or so already made and the larger sizes are woefully understocked.

That means I have to transition the current state of the sewing room from set up for re-fashioned clothes to set up for bloomers and that alone is gonna take a couple hours of work. I'll pack my dance costumes into long-term storage during the re-org. I need to get rid of so much of that, but I'm not sure how. Hardly anyone buys used dance costumes, and the only things that might fetch a good price (my metal bras and coin belts) are the things I'm keeping.

I suppose I'd best get a move on. I haven't made breakfast yet. Or showered. I'm obviously still on Pacific time.

Comments

[sherwood21.livejournal.com]

Are any parts of your dance costumes able to be re-purposed? There's a lot of fabric in the skirts, that could be scarves or drapey cardigans or a regular skirt, maybe.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Not really, no. I have a lot of panel skirts and harem pants and couple ghawazee coats that are gored. No full circle skirts and very few veils that I wouldn't repurpose myself. What I'm mostly interested in ditching are the bra/belt sets.

[sherwood21.livejournal.com]

Maybe a brilliant idea for repurposing bras will strike me after I've had coffee.

Other than this:
(http://smg.photobucket.com/user/barefootseamstress/media/stitch2_zpsp9bs1qfi.gif.html)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

HA!

[msmitti.livejournal.com]

I'd like to find something to do with my dance bras. They are so pretty, but a little strange to just hang them on the wall, I suppose.

I am *totes* taking my bloomers this week. If I get any comments, I'll be sure to mention bloomershop! :D

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Wooo! Thank you! Tell them I plan to have the shop up sometime this coming weekend.

[kazoogrrl.livejournal.com]

If you ever decide to ditch them, myself and a few friends have drooled over them so there might be interest. I think you and I have very different measurements, but who knows?

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Oh, hey, that's really great to know! Maybe before he packs them up in the garage attic, I'll take pics of what I have and you can pass them along. I've worn all these costumes at various sizes and weights (from 140lbs to 170lbs). They're surprisingly amenable to differences in sizes and shapes.

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

There is just nothing like coming home and getting to sleep in your own bed!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Bliss!

[mundungus42.livejournal.com]

Welcome home!!! Delighted you had a great time and even more delighted that you had such a wonderful recovery. Your bed does sound fantastic!

Oo, that's wonderful news about the bloomers!

If it helps, eBay is where I and my classmates frequently snap up used costumes (especially belt-bra sets), and our teacher often sends the whole class auctions for belt-bra sets that would work with our class uniform mermaid skirts.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Good to know, thanks! miischelle has, I think, sold a couple of her pieces there.

[hdsqrl.livejournal.com]

Perhaps list some of the dance bits that you're wanting to part with on your etsy shop? It never hurts to at least offer photos and an asking price and see who bites. :)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

mckitterick suggested the same, but I can hardly sell bloomers on the bloomershop. =D If I was a higher traffic store, that might work, but seeing as how I'm not, I think I'd just be paying listing fees for no result.

[siro-gravity.livejournal.com]

welcome home and glad you're cozy in your own bed!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I am so glad I'm gonna be home all weekend this coming weekend. Man, it's gonna be great.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Your bed IS the bestest thing ever, and if we do have the same mattress, which I think we do, I agree so much. I would pay twice the price I did because I love mine too.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

RIGHT????? Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Bed.