Apocalyptic Christmas
Dec. 11th, 2025 06:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snowazaleaI got some tiny pins and rubber bands and managed to get Melusine's hair into much better milkmaid braids.
I received a Simplicity 8211 sewing pattern this week I ordered from an eBay seller with patterns for 18" dolls. I've been thinking in my spare time about making outfits for Melusine over the holidays.
On our trip to Austin, I found three pieces of vintage clothing to repurpose for doll clothing: a vivid red silk blouse, a green and blue daisy patterned dress, and a red and white paisley dress. I also have a stash of vintage aprons I've been wanting to use for that purpose for ages. I want to challenge myself not to buy any more fabric, but just to recycle what I have creatively. I think recycled fabrics will look great on Melusine.
Last night, I put on a YouTube video reviewing the American Girl Cinderella in my last several minutes before bed, and it depressed me but also renewed my determination to make clothing for Melusine myself. Cinderella and her wardrobe have long been a source of longing for me, but looking at the unboxing, I realized how cheap the fabrics look, and that it looks like little thought went into the choosing. And they are so, so expensive.
Overall, things seem very apocalyptic right now around me. Many layoffs. A general holding pattern at work, marked with streaks of chaos.
I tried to journal at Starbucks after work one day, and I was chased out by the blaring music after a few minutes, so loud as to be headache-inducing. Really bad 1980s soft rock music. And that's to say that 1980s soft rock music is one of my favorite genres, but it's as though the playlist was exclusive to songs that have something deeply annoying about them. I keep wanting to say "cringey." I don't like to adopt that word, but I wonder if Starbucks was cultivating that effect deliberately. According to tell online, Starbucks is trying to keep customers from lingering in their stores.
I received a Simplicity 8211 sewing pattern this week I ordered from an eBay seller with patterns for 18" dolls. I've been thinking in my spare time about making outfits for Melusine over the holidays.
On our trip to Austin, I found three pieces of vintage clothing to repurpose for doll clothing: a vivid red silk blouse, a green and blue daisy patterned dress, and a red and white paisley dress. I also have a stash of vintage aprons I've been wanting to use for that purpose for ages. I want to challenge myself not to buy any more fabric, but just to recycle what I have creatively. I think recycled fabrics will look great on Melusine.
Last night, I put on a YouTube video reviewing the American Girl Cinderella in my last several minutes before bed, and it depressed me but also renewed my determination to make clothing for Melusine myself. Cinderella and her wardrobe have long been a source of longing for me, but looking at the unboxing, I realized how cheap the fabrics look, and that it looks like little thought went into the choosing. And they are so, so expensive.
Overall, things seem very apocalyptic right now around me. Many layoffs. A general holding pattern at work, marked with streaks of chaos.
I tried to journal at Starbucks after work one day, and I was chased out by the blaring music after a few minutes, so loud as to be headache-inducing. Really bad 1980s soft rock music. And that's to say that 1980s soft rock music is one of my favorite genres, but it's as though the playlist was exclusive to songs that have something deeply annoying about them. I keep wanting to say "cringey." I don't like to adopt that word, but I wonder if Starbucks was cultivating that effect deliberately. According to tell online, Starbucks is trying to keep customers from lingering in their stores.
