36yds 24hrs 2 crazy chicks

This is a HUGE file

So many of you have probably read the journal from before we started the project. ~KiusLady and I did actually complete the project in about 23 hours, and we're a little surprised we lived to tell about it. Thankfully, we went at it in two half-days, because that brief amount of sleep and lack of sewing made a world of difference.

There were so many hidden issues with this project, things you just don't think of. Like, breaking the gathering. I wanted to slit my wrists with my seam ripper folks. Thankfully, Mr. Apple Pie Vodka was there for me to numb my pain. Things that should have been easy, weren't. Poor ~KiusLady's machine hated the plain linen fabric we were using when gathering, and it just chewed the fabric. Not badly, but it caused her great pains.

We are both blessed with boyfriends though who are understanding, and able to entertain each other. While we were in sewing hell, they kept the mental health unit on speed-dial and played board games.

Sewing cookies were had, and we all tried ~KiusLady's hot cocoa with orange tea idea, which turned out to be delicious and a great boost to the motivation! There was a small dinner break for pizza and wings as well, which was definitely a life saver.

The photos you see are a combined effort between myself, ~KiusLady, and her boyfriend ~snesmaster. My boyfriend is a bit technically challenged, so he chose not to try to operate the camera. He was the one with MHU on speed-dial, an equally important function for this project.

Overall, it was hell on earth for about 23hrs. Completing the skirts was a huge relief, and spinning in the skirts was somewhat of a bad idea. They just keep going... and try to take you with them! But they're a lot of fun, so we don't regret a minute of it. So we killed a few braincells of sanity... didn't need those anyways. >_>;

Now we just have to figure out what crazy project we're doing next year, because we figure this can be an annual thing! I hope my boyfriend still has MHU on speed-dial...

This is based off the pattern for a 10yd skirt found here: [link]