Well, the HP thing was intense! Hard to find anything, must have been thousands of people all squashed into a not-that-wide main street... There were quite a few tents set up here and there, but their signs were placed about head height (if they had signs!) so you couldn't see where things were from a distance. We got an Uber there, because we were ( Read more... )

Even getting up late didn't stop me from mostly achieving a good day's work. I finished the last bits of handsewing on the masquerade dress this morning, had a late breakfast/early lunch, then it was time to start on the robe! It's mostly done, I guess? But what's left is the hem, and it's a suuuper stretchy wool, so I may have to hang it for a ( Read more... )

Bib is on, front of skirt is folded back at the openings, and the selvedge strip I used to cover the raw edges/bind the skirt where it extends from the bib is mostly on; just have to tack it down to the skirt and tuck under the ends. Strips of the black sateen I used to line the bodice are cut and pressed and ready to be handsewn along the edge. I ( Read more... )

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Fun fact: curls that are the short tight look of early Regency in the middle of the day relax to curls suitable for late 1820s/early 1830s by the end of the day. It makes me want to book two things of those eras in that order on the same day JUST so I can take advantage of the curls' metamorphosis! (Kinda but not really haha ( Read more... )

Sleeves are basted in, petticoat has been rehemmed 3" lower, all the stuff is hanging ready to go, and front-hair is in curlers. Have I forgotten anything? (TBH trying to have the sewing done before the day before is half so I know I'll remember to put in curlers in time!)

Petticoat is done (has no closures but whatever), new detachable sleeves are done. I wanted to have no sewing left for tomorrow but I'll allow myself to leave basting the sleeves into the dress for then!

I discovered last night that I'd have to work this evening (because someone called off AGAIN) so I made the most of my time today. Ha, ha, ha. There was a lot of lounging around and getting up late and chatting on FB and watching Murdoch Mysteries *without* sewing in my hands...oops? Last night I gathered the skirt to the bodice, though I had to do ( Read more... )

I mostly-finished the bodice yesterday, which took longer than expected because OMG this fabric is so fiddly and shifty and GAH! Would not lie straight, would not stay straight when I shifted it, and so on. So that made everything take forever! I did get the sleeves made and in, too - I made undersleeves to which to attach lower detachable sleeves ( Read more... )

Hemmed about 2/3 while watching Lucifer. Man, this stuff is so slow to hem! My stitches have to be rather smaller than usual because the fabric is so loosely-woven. Now I'll sew the last third watching Murdoch Mysteries, which I highly recommend - despite the titular character being rather spray-tan-orange! It's set in early 1890s Toronto (I think ( Read more... )