I Have Decided

11/10/22

3:06 : njkjdsakd i just deleted my entire post. having so much fun. anyway its the end of the day whooo class is boutta end :)). also if you somehow havent realized i decided to start adding the day bc why not. anyway super fast update of the whole day in spanish i got this weird project i gotta do super easy can get it done fast. debate went well i didnt get murdered and i gave a bomb presentation about how capitalists wages labourers the product of the labourer and the labourers time. really cool and i did a good job (even tho i was INSANELY nervous hahahaha) then i had lunch which was awesome bc its labor day and they put up a buncha stalls to buy stuff at (from clubs) i got a brownie combined with an oreo combined with a chocolate chip cookie and some DELICIOUS tamales from another club. they didnt have my favorite thing ever (fresas con crema. idk spanish lol). after that i had band and it was pretty okay nothing too exciting. i gotta ask my band directors about the soprano so my peer and i can see who gets to play it for the quartet. anyway class ends in like 5 minutes so ill update u after my lesson

10:42 : i woke up like 2 hours ago maybe? i cant keep time hahaha. anyway imma go and eat a little and then start practicing. i cleaned up my room a bit thank god lol. i also practiced for like 2 1/2-3 hours i didnt keep specific time but i am so proud of myself because i am getting close to mastering the part, which is really hard for me so YAY. :)) . also btw if anyone wants to send asks that would be awesome; ill answer anything (except personal stuff im not dumb lol) im trying to be stealthhhhh like a spyyyyyyyy :) . ive been working on my music too and i gotta study my music theory and do my laundry ( and clean some more -_-) anyway i should probably go and eat lmfao. alright laterrrrrrrrr (also i got the day OFFFFFFFFFFF YUHHHHHHHHH)

1/9/23

yay happy new year. oopsies i havent updated in forever lol. anyway. i feel insanelt bad about not practicong over winter break so imma be practicing alot tryna do better. im gonan bake a cake as asoon as i get home. my bf is coming over too so yayy :))).

so i didnt bake a cake slay. it was so nice being with him. i love him so much. im glad i got to spend time with him. i dont have a lot of homeworrk so yay. anyway i think this is it 4 2day

10:22 : apparenly i messed up :(. my post that i scheduled didnt frickin save but wtv lol. yesterday was pretty cool bc my mom came with me to band (being deadnamed wasnt fun but whatever) and i was laughing at her hahahah. i also had my sax lesson yesterday and my teacher basically layed into me real hard :( about how i need to actually apply myself and practice like (as he said) "as long as it takes for you to get it" (3 hours lol). i feel like he actually knocked some sense into me.

2:38 : so to finish my rant from earlier, since dr wits knocked some sense into me, i went home relazed for like an hour and then i practiced my saxophone even more (1 more hour). it was an okay night. i ate some good food and just felt generally content. i have chosen a solo (for solo & ensemble) and i really really like it. im excited to learn it. also i am in chemistry and i hate it. im dying. this teacher doesnt even teach us bruh, but im so smart i figure it all out suuuuupppeerrrr fast :) . i have so much stuff to do but i can get it done, imma use my planner and do everything that i need to do :) .

12/2/22

3:46 : late update ik.sorry. im taking notes rn. i hate this class with a passion and my teacher actually sucks. she makes me so mad bruh omfg. but wtv. gonna be working hard tonight. my mouth sore is finally gone so i feel so much better u have no clue. i got this tonight. gonna be working my butt off. no rehearsal or anything. so whooo. we do have something that i might volunteer for but i probably wont. dont feel like it. god these notes r gonna be a grade i am annoyed. 

6:23 : omg its crazy im typing after 3 pm yayyy. anyway i had a pretty good day i just gotta work on my hw n stuff. i researched some gardening stuff (bc ive been wanting to get into it. specifically edible gardening)  imma be working on my music for a while and try to figure out how to do it. I PLAYED BASSOON FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY AAAAH. i am not gonna lie i dont even know like what the parts of the bassoon is called so.... lmfao i need to do some studying hahaha. i literally need to practice super hard this weekend so imma go rn. alright ill update on monday :). bye 

im not crying u are

So…how was ur day ?

The ring might’ve switched owners :D

— Haruki Murakami from “Norwegian Wood.”

12/13/22

11:50: in my debate class. i got some work done so very happy. on the verge of failing 4 of my classes for the semester but i got this. i just have to talk to my teachers. im going to tutorials

2:51: bruh. i went to tutorials i basically have to write an essay for one class and teacher fixed my grade for english whoooo!!! i have to fix 2 more of my grades so i think ill be fine :)). i sprained my ankle this weekend at a christmas party while playing tag with my friend. i blame him so now its his job to tie my shoes. lmfao. my bf didnt come because he cant handle being around my family. he gets really annoyed and all pissy about it. it really disappoints me and my family absolutely hates it. i wish he didnt get so nervous around people and i wish he didnt get so annoyed around my familY AND MY FRIENDS. its just stresfull, but i know its gonna be okay. anyway ttyl ill update laterrrr

Nubia: Queen of the Amazons #4 variant cover by Joelle Jones and Jordie Bellaire

Tailoring your own clothes

So a little while back, I reblogged a post about tailoring your own clothes. The gist of it was this (IIRC):

Someone was wondering why even people on TV with non-mainstream-TV-approved body shapes always look so good in their clothes. 

The long and short of it is: their bodies aren’t better than yours. They just have people tailoring every single piece of clothing they wear to flatter their figures. 

Off-the-rack clothes aren’t made to look good on most people’s bodies. The advice in the post was buy clothes that fit the largest part of you, even if they’re too big elsewhere, and have them altered to fit. 

That post hit me like a lightning bolt. I have a curvy figure. I’m not plus-sized, but I’ve got a small waist and large hips. Which is great in certain types of clothes (dresses, mainly), but means that if I don’t wear fitted t-shirts or blouses–if they fall straight–I just look sort of… boxy. I need clothes that go in at the waist. 

My grandma was an amazing seamstress, so when I needed clothes fixed, she was around to tailor them. When she got into her 90s and her eyesight was too diminished for her to sew, we started going to a woman in our neighborhood who’d lost her husband and had started doing alterations to bring in some extra income. OF COURSE I looked good back then. I had a tailor.

Then I moved away from my parents without really knowing How To Adult and would go to Target to get clothes and just get depressed by them and never realized how much of an advantage having people who could tailor my clothes (and, you know, parents to pay for having them tailored…) had been. 

So. I have a 1970s Singer Fashion Mate sewing machine that is designed to weather the apocalypse–I got it at Goodwill for $20. 

And I have begun researching how to tailor your own clothes. If anyone else was wondering about that after that last post, here are some helpful links I’ve discovered. 

When and Why to Get it Tailored - This article is (annoyingly) set up as a slideshow, and focuses on getting a professional to do your alterations rather than doing them yourself, but it’s got some good advice nonetheless, such as:

Basic alterations that can make a huge difference, such as adding lingerie loops to keep bra straps in place (SERIOUSLY MY FAVORITE DRESSES FROM HIGH SCHOOL ALL HAD THESE AND WHY DID THEY DISAPPEAR IN EVERYTHING I WEAR NOW?), adding snaps between the buttons on button-down shirts for larger-busted women (you know how sometimes they gap? there’s help for that), etc.

Average prices (at least on the East Coast) for basic alterations: replacing a zipper will run you about $20, while tailoring pants or a skirt to fit your hips and butt will be about $35.

If you want to get a garment made of special materials (leather, fur, beaded/embroidered silk) altered, go to someone who specializes in working with that material.

What NOT to try to alter.

How to find a tailor.

Having that perfect dress that you love so much duplicated and how much that will cost.

Learning Alterations - Great step-by-step tutorials on basic alterations like how to take in the waist of jeans (essential if you have a smaller waist and larger hips, because it’ll stop them from riding down every time you bend over or sit down).

Tailoring Ready-to-Wear - A full-on online course from Craftsy (costs $24.99) with videos and individual lessons on everything from hemming pants to lengthening them to altering shoulders and armholes to adding hidden zippers.

Plus-Sized Fitting and Design - Another online course (this one’s $34.99) that looks like it focuses both on alterations and on actually making clothes that are flattering to plus-sized forms.

Alterations and Tailoring 101 - Not a how-to post, but this one has a lot of useful information and ideas, such as identifying which garments to alter.

Alterations Needed blog - A whole blog on this stuff, with a lot of detailed how-tos. It focuses on fixing things to fit if you’re shorter than average/petite, but contains a lot of great advice for anyone (like an entry on why button-down shirts often bulge in back and how to fix it). 

Pinch and Pin your Shirt - Super-quick video tutorial (aimed at gentlemen), but useful for anyone who wears button-down shirts on how to fix a baggy shirt. 

If I find other helpful tutorials, I’ll add them. If you know of any, please let me know!