Curlers et Material

More fashionable idiocy for you today. I have some lovely, funny pictures for you to look at and criticize.

I got Mama to put curlers in my hair this morning. They are so-called "hot-rollers" (you heat them) and supposedly not really supposed to go in wet hair, but, even though I washed my hair this morning, we went ahead and stuck them in. I left them in all morning before taking them out shortly before lunch. (They were slipping out and I was getting a tiny bit of a headache.)

I don't have any pictures of the actual process of getting them in. I serious doubt that I could ever put the things in myself. I have too much hair!

However...here's the aftermath. ;P

Mama says she hasn't curled hair for 30 years...so maybe the roll job wasn't the best. (Way better than I could have done!!)

(*Selfie*) We tied the curls up with one of my scarves. (Thanks, Katie!) I suppose most people would leave their ears tucked under the scarf, but I hate stuff on my ears, so I pulled them out--then I went out into the chilly rain to check the mail and discovered that in that configuration, my ears act as wind scoops. Seriously. I just hastened the wind blowing into my eustachian tubes (I have very cold-sensitive inner ears).

Right before we took it down. I looked soooo like my cousin Joel with that mess on top of my head!

Before brushing it out.

The very back was still kind of damp so the curls didn't set quite as well.

Sorry this one is kind of blurry...but other than that, it's okay.

All brushed out! See how "bouncy" it looks around the edges?

It's my Mommy!! :)

Somebody else got their hair curled today too...only Fidelia got real pin curls. :D

She's loverly, isn't she?

Anyway...that's the hair part of the post.

Today I once again turned my attention to yet another attempt at cutting out my "dress with the buttons all the way up". I'm essentially doing some version of this dress:

(By the by, we do not own this pattern...and neither is that my size. Then or now. :D And...I'm shooting more for the look of the red one.)

Savannah and I had found another piece of material in the basement (a green and white striped sear sucker). The reason we didn't think of this particular piece yesterday was because we had it pulled out for Savannah! Then, when she changed her mind, we returned it to the basement--only to re-discover it today. I had the pieces mostly laid out on it (not pinned yet) and was just coming to the conclusion that this piece wasn't going to work either!! when Mama basically told me she didn't think that was really going to look all that great. Oh well, it wasn't going to work anyhow, so forget about it.

Thus it was then, that I found myself going to town with Mama. I got my fabric (and four yards of 45" material had better work!!) and the buttons and I look forward to actually getting started on it tomorrow! (The best part--all that stuff was on sale.) We also got fabric for Mama's dress.

In the interim period between discovering that the sear sucker wouldn't work and lunch, I cut out the pattern that my ball dress is supposed to be based off. Mama has suggested that I make a mock-up first to make sure the pattern actually fits like it's supposed to. I think that's a great idea...

Oh, and just in case you're curious, by now, most of the curls have quite relaxed--probably partly due to being out in the misty, rainy weather. ;)

        Racheal