Par for the course of me never really liking the shows I've worked on. I admit I'm not easily impressed in general, but 1883 is just plan weird!
Disjointed story with no reason to latch onto any of the characters. Sloooow boring (often mumbled) conversations and lots of obvious CG effects (specifically fire). Bad blocking of background extras. Bizarre cinematography - it looked like reality TV! It was such a strange look for a period drama! Tons of scenic insert shots that wasted time and lasted long enough that I was bored of looking at empty fields or tree branches without anyone in the shot. The one flashback scene didn't even have any visual indication it was a flashback (like faded color or fuzzy edges) except for the date label at the beginning of the scene - it just looked the same as everything else. Lots of things bugged me about the costumes, which wasn't really a surprise.
I could go on, but if you still want to see for yourself what all the ridiculous hype is about (seriously, everywhere I look including my Roku homescreen, there's an ad for this show!), the first two episodes are available for free on Amazon Prime.
I spent the day priming things for paint and then I remembered to shoot a quick video. #SewingStudioBuild
I started cutting all the edges while Janet was away yesterday morning. When she got back after lunch, she pulled out a roller and started filling in. I'll put a pic below in the comments. #SewingStudioBuild
We broke for lunch and then came back with a portal ac unit plugged in to an extention cord from the house. Can't wait until they finished hooking up all the electrical and we have the mini split cooling the room for us - it was stupid humid today! #SewingStudioBuild
More on the Michael's purchase of JoAnn. "Ever-expanding" plus it went on to say they will be carrying sewing machines, notions, and thread in stores. And there was a 50% off one item coupon - let me know if any of you need that.
I'm kind of surprised I have to sign up for emails (not sure if I want to yet) considering how many companies sell email lists.
I finally finished the patchwork jeans! @SewBrooke , the elastic in the waistband suggestion worked brilliantly. I ended up taking it as close to the button/buttonholes as I could, because the waistband I originally picked had the buttons on the wrong side and I had to piece it together/the second waistband was also collapsed in from wear. I really don’t know why, I checked against all of my jeans and I did put the fly on the correct side! Anyway, it’s done, and I’ll be happy to come up with a project that takes much less time. After I clean up the leftover bits— it looks like I used 7 pairs of jeans/shorts, so I have a lot of tops and leftover leg/waistband scraps!
