More holiday stuff.

So I use most opportunities with my parents to learn more about our family history and about how things were when I was growing up. My dad ended up drawing this family tree, which just blows my mind to think that my extended family is so huge, but my immediate family is small. I won't get into explaining it too much, but my paternal grandfather had 2 wives. I never met him, but I think it would have been wild. He passed away the year that I was born. So as a result, I have many uncles and aunts, and half-uncles and aunts. And we have a documented family tree that goes generations and generations back. It's amazing.

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One of my "projects" over the break was to make a bodice form. A body manequin that assists you in making garments. I wanted to make one rather than buy one so I can tailor it to my own body. And it's also easier to make adjustments when you're working on something as opposed to working on myself. At first I tried to paper mache it onto myself. I wanted to remove it when it was dry, but I couldn't wait because after a while, it was hard to breathe! When I took it off my body, the whole thing collapsed. Prototype #2 worked out much better. I used tinfoil to create the template (I also cannot breathe in the photo), and then paper mache-ed that. I think it turned out pretty well. And now I don't have to buy a bodice form, and I think it will help me to sew.