All done. The dress is all put together all the feathers are shimmering in a beautiful iridescence, the head dress is impressing in the color shape and of course the feathers. I am happy. I am so happy that this project is ALLLLLL done. It was so close to hit the garbage bin. Oh so close. I knew from the start that there might be some issues with the hinges. The sides of the top had to be able to swing, otherwise there is no way to put the dress on or take it off. I make all

Really, it is just like that. Or feather by feather. I started gluing the feathers to the skirt. First I had to separate the feather and divide it into small scallop shape sections, Than the gluing started. I worked on the first row and worked my way around and once the first row was dry I started with the second row covering the spaces in between the feathers in the first row and so on. While the feathers were drying, I worked on the top. I decided that the way to close the

Not fun. Not fun at all. Men who read this blog who get to a certain age, know the pain of waking up at 3am with a full bladder and trying to control the need to pee. It does not work. You try to get tp the toilet with as little waking up as possible, holding on to remnants of dream you had just before you succumbed to nature, get it over with and return to bed. In my house hold you need to be careful not to step on any dog lying on the rug in front of you, or the cat who get

You must be wondering about the title of this blog, that is if anybody reads this blog. So, what about a glue gun. Here goes. I finished the dress and after a discussion and various comments I have decided that making the dress shorter and reduce the poofiness in the front and back will create a nicer and more appealing silhouette. Now, when I glued the butterflies the first time I used Fabritec glue which I use a lot but this time when I took the dress off and started openin