Sewing.

So I'm working on Venusaur and I'm adding spots to the flower petals. I have bits of white I'm attaching directly to the not-fucking-pink-enough pink. It's going well, but I keep getting stuck, and quite literally. I'm using the satin stitch on my machine so the edges are nice and neat, but even when I take care and go really slowly, the machine gets stuck in one spot often. And because the stitch length is so short, I don't -- can't -- notice it right away. Is there anything I can do to notice faster (or is it one of those "time will develop your eye" deals), or to prevent getting stuck at all?

Also, this is the first time I'm using the satin stitch at all, so even if it doesn't look that special, I'm really proud of myself. :'D

I broke a needle. D:

It's so SCARY! The thread snapped and there was this KA-THUNK and everything stopped and ... augh. I'm just very grateful it happened to happen at the end of what I was sewing. Let's have a moment of silence for this brave little bugger who trooped on from a metric asston of Hetalia shit to random stuff in between to most of Venusaur (it looks like a leg now, doesn't it?). Cheers, little guy, and may your replacement last more than five months. XD

That said, here's what I've got so far (oh, cell phone pictures. You're so dark. And if you're wondering, those petals are like 18" (45 cm) long. It's ENORMOUS). It looks okay, but those petals -- other than being HUUUUUUGE -- are only pinned on. I have no idea how to attach the whole shebang. My plan was to sew them to the bark texture and then just, what? Hot glue it? I think that's my best course of action; I certainly can't sew anything more.

After that's done (and I attach the leaves (cake) and figure out how to hang it off my back, hmmmm), I've got to do the ears on the headband. Should be relatively simple after this GIANT FLOWER wtf did I get myself into? I hope I have time for the vines, but it looks like I'll get a decent amount of sleep tonight! :D

(Oh fuck, I've gotta tame my bird's nest tonight. I hope I have enough conditioner left, but I have no idea what to do with my hair in the morning. |D;; this costume, man.)

Edit, 12:18 AM - LMAO. THIS IS SO BAD.

I measured. I swear I measured. Three times. And I attached the petals to the bark texture. And then when I put it on the trunk... two petals overlap and you can only see five. *dies of lol* And since it's glued, I can't really take it apart without destroying it right now? So, yeah. Failnusaur for tomorrow. But it's nearly done!

Edit, 4:19 AM - It's done! It's done, it's done, it's done!

Good thing, too, because I'm starting to get sleepy (I honestly don't know why I haven't conked out yet). Just gonna attach vines to the shoulder straps, clean up a bit, get my stuff together, then hit the hay for SEVEN HOURS of glorious sleep. So lucky it got pushed back, too. Go me!