Well....bugger.

So I have suddenly lost 30 some odd pounds in the last month and change, for reasons unknown and my body is not talking, it seems this trend will continue. Most of my costuming is made with draw strings so that if I gain or lose a few pounds I will still fit and there will be no difference in the costuming. So the SteamPunk I made is quite safe and will continue to fit and I will continue to perfect it. It does however put a crimp in the making of my other pieces of attire. I have a jacket as can be seen here that a size up or down might not make a difference but as it is fairly tailored I may have to wait a while before actually making it and cutting it out. I don't want to guess and be wrong either way. Grr.. this puts a damper on my plans to have this finished by the end of July. The chemise I will be wearing under it will not be an issue, but my corset may. There is enough play in the corset currently that I can lose a few inches from my waist and not have an issue. More than 3 inches though and I am looking at over 100$ for another corset as by that time it will no longer be tight enough to be a corset. Double Grr. I am happy I am loosing weight as will be my pain specialist, but I am unhappy at the total havoc it is playing with my costuming. Not even to mention just my general clothing. Worse, it seems that I am 1/2 away from being too big for my bras. According to the proper way to fit a bra when I lose an additional 1/2 off of my ribcage I will have to move up to a DDD bra. Meaning that my very carefully sewn and made tribal bras may no longer fit. This will not do! I may continue to wear them until I can afford to purchase the proper size and cannibalize the others for parts. I am going to keep a careful watch on my weight and measurements and wait until I hit a plateau to actually make anything else that might be fitted. For now it is chemise, over shirt, petticoat on the plate to get done. At least with those components with a few extra bits of awesome accessories, even without the jacket, the outfit will look complete.