Hansel, he's so hot right now

[aimeekitty]

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still love my plaid skirt. (fishface, fishface!)

so... is anyone else a fan of "The Snake the Cross the Crown" group? I really like their folk-bluegrass-rock sound. I'd never heard of them before and I'm not really sure how I found them, honestly,... but I love their WHOLE album, Cotton Teeth. My favorites are "Cakewalk", "Behold the River", "Hey Jim" and "A Brief Intermission"..... Apparently their previous albums were really more indie/alt rock and all of the sudden they really wanted to change their sound. I get the feeling listening to Cotton Teeth that they were really inspired. It feels GOOD.
They're on heavy rotation for me right now with Vampire Weekend.

I'm a huge fan of Zoolander, right? I saw a mini-hansel today.


also, Christmas is in full swing apparently.

Comments

[kaiami.livejournal.com]

Thank you! You are so full of win O: I bought some plaid fabric, and I'm scared to use it because I think I'll mess up

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

it's hard to mess up rectangles. :) you can do it! if not, just try again!

[kaiami.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D It think I'll give it another try soon.
Mmmm..
How do you get the elastic in nicely?

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

I like to use thick soft elastic since I want the skirt to be a casual comfy skirt. I make the channel for it by just folding over the top of the skirt about 1/4, press that to hide the edge, and then folding that over again a little wider than the elastic. So this way the ruff edge is folded inside the channel. Leave a hole of course so that you can get the elastic through. I like to put the elastic on a safety pin, and then I can feed the safety pin through the channel easier than the elastic itself. (attach the other free end by sewing or with a safety pin temporarily) then once you reach the elastic all the way around, fit both ends of the elastic out of the hole, sew them together to make one continuous band of elastic. tuck the elastic back through the hole and then sew the skirt fabric closed the final amount.

I hope that makes sense!

[kaiami.livejournal.com]

Yes! :D It really does help a lot! Thank you! I never really knew how to get the elastic through.