OMG! So gorgeous!

I finished the first purse yesterday. I made a mistake in the design, which meant I had to either take it apart (lining from fabric) or stich the sides by hand. I chose the latter. It looks pretty (I used the same stitch Libra is using for the braces), but it was a LOT of work. So now I'm going to do it differently so I can actually do it all by machine, which should go a lot faster. At least now I know that the size is about right.

@ Sahi: I'm SO glad you like it!  All I have left to do is insert the elastic on the other two blouses, and then sew closed all of the openings left for elastic-insertion.  Oh, and sew the clasps onto the cloaks.  One thing though - when I tried mine on, bf said he could still discern the outline of my underwear even under 3 layers of skirts.  I was wearing black, so I'm thinking a flesh-tone would not be noticeable.

@ Magpie:  Simple has its own appeal, not the least of which is less work and headaches.  Which is what I shall remind myself of when I start considering next year's costumes.  ;-)

Magpie wrote:

Hm-m-m... since the current plan is to leave for the Netherlands on Wednesday night (we were originally planning to leave earlier), I might be able to bring some tomatoes after all. So Cyan knows what she's bringing me (or something similar, anyway).
Seems to be a sort of tradition with me, bringing tomatoes for SAGE, even if it was only "leftovers" last year.

Also: less than three weeks! *SQUEEEEE*

Wow... was having an extremely moping day after my exploding tyre+waytoo much expenses day... But your post made me all happy again... *SUPERSQUEEEE*

Only 7 days until it's my holiday!!!!!! Only five more working days!!!! Weeeeeeeeeee!!

*bouncebouncebouncebouncebouncebouncebouncebounce*

By the way, you two need to tell me more about your plans, so we can see if we can fit a day at my place into them. (Cause I have plenty of days left to take off, so a week day is no problem.)

And just this morning, I finished embroidering the owl.

Mentioned to my best friend yesterday how we're all bouncing and squeeing here - her answering mail: "well, I can only join in: YIPEEEE!"

*bounces some more*

16 hrs to plane-boardingness!!!!!!!!

Heh, and then I'm so busy actually making the pouches, that I forget to take pictures of the process...

*random bouncing*
Will be leaving in a week, will be leaving in a week!

I suppose you'll be bringing the banner again, Sahi? If you do, I'll just keep an eye out for it (and familiar faces, of course!), and we'll meet you there sooner or later, since I don't know when we'll be arriving, and I generally keep my phone off when I'm on holiday (not to mention that I despise these "I'm here, where are you?" phone calls).

*bouncebouncebouncebounce*
*trips over a sleeping bag and lands in a pile of clothes*

Yeah, I gathered you were making something like that.

*squees and bounces some more*