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
I draped a really rough half-scale ruffle tail for one of the debutant dresses Janet & I are making. I just eyeballed and freehand cut a scrap of (un-ironed) muslin in a spiral and pinned it to my little dress form to make sure it was long enough to reach from hem to waist. Then I marked the folds and traced it onto graph paper and cleaned it up. The graph paper makes it easier to copy at 200% and tape the pieces back together.
I'll transfer the enlarged frankenstein paper pattern to brown paper when I'm back at the studio tomorrow or Friday and then make it out of the real fabric.
#ruffle #fiestabuild
I made 2 of these valentine garlands. Found the tutorial via Instagram and thought it would be perfect to send to Ashley, my daughter in Oregon, and Madison, my birth daughter in North Carolina.
Pics are from Ashley.
