Casey
Casey is my second handmade piece. In my welcome post you learned about my history with creating hair pieces. What I didn't tell you is, once I made the decision to create them again, I came to the realization that I cannot keep making wigs totally by hand. What do I mean by hand? If you're thinking my injury, nope. Luckily I'm left handed, so writing and sewing with an actual needle and thread and all that good sh*t is easy breezy. I realized I can't keep hand sewing units because it's 2023 and who's buying a handmade wig that's been totally handsewn with thick thread and a loop? A part of growing is getting with the current times so I needed to jump on board with the trolley if I want to make my business a quarter of successful.
This is the first piece I've ever made on a sewing machine, CORRECTLY. Yes, I actually bought a sewing machine and learned how to sew via YouTube. God bless YouTube, whew! Trial and error... trial and error.
Make no mistake about it, I bought a purple sewing machine (it was so pretty and dainty) and practiced, thought I broke that sh*t only to come to the conclusion that it's not heavy duty. While I thought heavy duty machines were to be used by the experts, come to find out my a** actually needs a heavy duty machine since I'm totally new to this and clueless.
Anyway, after I f*cked up a couple of hair pieces, I finally got it right with this unit and sewed a few tracks on it. I then mustered up all of my strength to hand tie each strand in the front so she could have a middle or slight side part. Now remember when I said I'd share a story when I could start drinking wine again? Well because I'm fat, the doctor said I need to take a chill pill on fatty foods and wine. I'll admit I was bingeing to help with grief. As a result of the stress from my alcoholic withdrawal, my mind became cloudy. Why am I telling you this? Well during the wash process, I mistakenly scrubbed the inside cap causing some botched edges which then led to me repairing her in an attempt to make her brand new again. I assure you she's never been used, she's totally clean, I didn't drop her in the john and I always wash my hands, like literally all the time. I wash my hands so much, they look like I've dipped them in coke.
So, as a courtesy for f*cking her up, she's listed on my website at a discounted price. Sort of like a truce and please support my just getting back into the swing of learning things with wig making? I mean, my stupid a** even painted her with white marker to help with aligning where my hairline and tracks should be and now it won't wash off, even though I read that the marker is washable. I was just a whole learning mess with this one. This is the result of throwing things out and starting from total scratch, I feel all over the place and like I all of a sudden don't know what the hell I'm doing. I will say though, that making this piece was fun and the anticipation of the end result had me super excited. I laughed and smiled so hard. Not to mention the physical exercise was liberating. She is unplucked and I don't know how to do baby hairs. I sowwy. To watch a snippet of her process click here.
Please also note, the pictures taken are of her being wet and in all honesty I wanted to test out my new photo booth and I didn't want to wait.
Baby steps, one day at a time. I am also happy to report I am smoking a little bit of weed, so I'm able to think a little better now (KIDDING... or am I really? 😂)
Did I mention she's totally washed, conditioned, oiled, clean, and ready to ship? If you're interested in purchasing Casey, click here.
In other news, I do have some discounts going so feel free to visit my website: livswigs.com
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