State of the Neko address: week 53

song+ Double Vision- 3OH!3- Streets of Gold
book+ Angels Fall
quest+ getting test pieces sewn from my patterns
upper+ i got the thread i've desperately needed
downer+ thread is expensive! i'd forgotten..
attire+ pants and a bowling tee (it's hot)
drink+ water

this week's just started, but it already feels more productive than last week. maybe it's that it's a smidgen cooler and comfort is better for productivity than misery. xD it helps that both bedroom windows are open for ventilation, it helps a good bit. not sweating all over the fabric is a plus too. xD yesterday i got the faceup done on mom's new girl Temperance, and today i finished Xavin's showgirl dress, so that's a pretty good start to the week, i think. this week's focus will probably be sewing the test pieces for the patterns i spent most of December and January slaving over. once i know they're fully workable i can jump into the production end of things more enthusiastically. i've pretty much finished my distraction projects, the ones i started to ignore that little voice that tells me even if i do awesome stuff there's a chance no one will buy it. it's mostly shut up now, so they did what they were meant to.

after making things with the fabric i've bought recently i'll have to actually clean out some closets to find the fabrics i bought for other projects (that mostly never happened) and get stuff done with them. if i can find the stuff i know i still own, i can make a lot of things without having to go to the fabric store for a while. i have cosplay remnants, and things bought for projects for dolls i've sold, scraps from other people's projects that they figured i could probably use still, and things bought for costumes and outfits that never got made. really TONS to work with if i can figure out where it got stashed in multiple moves and reorganization binges.

i think i'm also ready to make the push to sell the other dolls i decided not to keep last year. they've been in the closet all this time because the timing felt off, but now i think it's okay to let them go. i don't feel like there's any reason to wait anymore. maybe later this week i'll actually get a sales thread (or four) set up to get things going. for now my focus is sewing and i want to do enough to make money soon.