A colorful day
And I still have paint on my hands and arms to prove it! I spent most of the day at
demode_kvc's new home helping to paint. Much fun, especially since I completely slacked on helping to tape and went strait to working with a brush instead. I absolutely love her new place and am already making plans to occasionally invite myself over just to revel in its craftsman goodness. It really was a very fun day, and it went very quickly with all the help we had and all the fun socializing we were able to do while we were working.
At any rate, I was fairly tired when I got home and almost decided just to veg. Fortunately, the sewing bug hit, and my room wasn't too terribly hot once I opened the windows and got the fan going. I started putting together the overskirt for my naturalform dress. Part of me was hoping that the overskirt would whip up as quickly as the underskirt--the other part of me knew better. So, I spent a couple of hours putting darts and pleats into the panniers and the apron pieces. Those are pretty much done at this point, though, so it shouldn't take too much longer to put the back together, finish assembling, and then put the waistband on.
I'm still trying to decide what to do with the blouse. The original pattern called for pleated fabric. I don't have enough of the fabric to do that. I could just leave the linen plain, but it would lack the effect that the pleated material would have. I've thought about adding insertion lace, but would that be done? I've seen insertion lace on white blouses, but not on colored ones. (Granted, I haven't done a whole lot of research, and I'm not usually against doing things slightly off-historical, but I don't want it to be glaringly wrong.) I've also thought about adding narrow rows of embroidery--something very subtle, probably in the same color as the fabric and only as wide as the special stitches on my machine (about a quarter of an inch). I've put off working on the blouse because I've been trying to consider all my options, but I'll need to make a decision soon, as soon as the overskirt is finished.
demode_kvc's new home helping to paint. Much fun, especially since I completely slacked on helping to tape and went strait to working with a brush instead. I absolutely love her new place and am already making plans to occasionally invite myself over just to revel in its craftsman goodness. It really was a very fun day, and it went very quickly with all the help we had and all the fun socializing we were able to do while we were working.
At any rate, I was fairly tired when I got home and almost decided just to veg. Fortunately, the sewing bug hit, and my room wasn't too terribly hot once I opened the windows and got the fan going. I started putting together the overskirt for my naturalform dress. Part of me was hoping that the overskirt would whip up as quickly as the underskirt--the other part of me knew better. So, I spent a couple of hours putting darts and pleats into the panniers and the apron pieces. Those are pretty much done at this point, though, so it shouldn't take too much longer to put the back together, finish assembling, and then put the waistband on.
I'm still trying to decide what to do with the blouse. The original pattern called for pleated fabric. I don't have enough of the fabric to do that. I could just leave the linen plain, but it would lack the effect that the pleated material would have. I've thought about adding insertion lace, but would that be done? I've seen insertion lace on white blouses, but not on colored ones. (Granted, I haven't done a whole lot of research, and I'm not usually against doing things slightly off-historical, but I don't want it to be glaringly wrong.) I've also thought about adding narrow rows of embroidery--something very subtle, probably in the same color as the fabric and only as wide as the special stitches on my machine (about a quarter of an inch). I've put off working on the blouse because I've been trying to consider all my options, but I'll need to make a decision soon, as soon as the overskirt is finished.