just to show how 'busy' I was while at work today ( Read more... )

It's not much, but it's *some* progress. What's taken me so long isn't the smocking. No, it's the Gluteal Inertia. Think about it, it'll come to you. ;)

( Clickie clicke, cut to save FL )

You know it's time to revisit your plans when what you're doing contributes to the ache in your head and makes your eyes feel like someone's squeezing them ( Read more... )

So... I'm not going to finish the dress in time for submission for judging. Surprisingly, I'm OK with that. I will be finishing it, but I'm going to take my time with the sleeves and get them right rather than slapping them together and not being satisfied with 'em ( Read more... )

We have a corset!

And, of course, I have no pictures. Silly camera's escaped me this morning.

I'm out to the Sewing Shack to work on the underskirt, then I'll see if I can get some pictures. Maybe I left the camera out there... hmmm...

There's something about hand-sewing that makes me want to stab a needle in my eye. And I'm far from done with hand-sewing. Srsly. I still have to bind off the other half of the corset AND to the lacing holes ( Read more... )

More precisely... I'm goofing off from that essay I really need to get started. But this is necessary goofing. Promise ( Read more... )

Got all ten gores of the underskirt serged today. If I've got some time tonight after dinner, I'll try and get some sewn together and pressed.

I've also got some pictures ( clickey!! )

Allllllrighty then. Now that I've got some lead out of my tuchas ( Read more... )

And now, in a move that's totally speaking of ME ( Read more... )