I kind of want to...

...dress up in costume to go see "Star Trek" tomorrow. I don't know if I could find red or blue stretch velour and a pattern in time, though. (I definitely wouldn't be able to find that avocado/gold color of fabric.) So I am hand-stitching an Enterprise patch on some scrap interfacing. I don't know if I want the science insignia or the Nurse Chapel insignia (which is basically the science with a red cross stitched on it). I know I don't want the command (as seen on Kirk and Sulu) and I can't decipher the engineering one.

I'd probably fuck up the stitching on the cross. The black border stitching looks good, and I don't want to completely ruin what is starting out as a good thing. In any case, I have to get some gold metallic (or at least yellow) thread at JoAnn, and perhaps I can price the fabric and a sewing machine. (I've been dreaming about getting one for a while now.) I will probably just pin the insignia to my shirt for now -- it's rather small and unobtrusive anyway. Just a practice run, really. I will be sure to show it off when I am done.

I kind of want to...

...dress up in costume to go see "Star Trek" tomorrow. I don't know if I could find red or blue stretch velour and a pattern in time, though. (I definitely wouldn't be able to find that avocado/gold color of fabric.) So I am hand-stitching an Enterprise patch on some scrap interfacing. I don't know if I want the science insignia or the Nurse Chapel insignia (which is basically the science with a red cross stitched on it). I know I don't want the command (as seen on Kirk and Sulu) and I can't decipher the engineering one.

I'd probably fuck up the stitching on the cross. The black border stitching looks good, and I don't want to completely ruin what is starting out as a good thing. In any case, I have to get some gold metallic (or at least yellow) thread at JoAnn, and perhaps I can price the fabric and a sewing machine. (I've been dreaming about getting one for a while now.) I will probably just pin the insignia to my shirt for now -- it's rather small and unobtrusive anyway. Just a practice run, really. I will be sure to show it off when I am done.

It's not great, but...

...it was good practice. An Enterprise patch with the science insignia on it (like one of my favorite characters, McCoy).



It's sewn on scrap interfacing, using "doubled-up" thread (two pieces folded over on the needle eye instead of one) in black, dark gold, and metallic gold.

The next patch (hopefully, to be added to my TOS uniform minidress) will be larger so that I can make the insignia neater. I'll definitely sew the gold parts first, too.

It's not great, but...

...it was good practice. An Enterprise patch with the science insignia on it (like one of my favorite characters, McCoy).



It's sewn on scrap interfacing, using "doubled-up" thread (two pieces folded over on the needle eye instead of one) in black, dark gold, and metallic gold.

The next patch (hopefully, to be added to my TOS uniform minidress) will be larger so that I can make the insignia neater. I'll definitely sew the gold parts first, too.