Of course, I took pictures of my new overskirt, and of course I'm too lazy to upload them at one o'clock in the morning.  For now, you'll just have to take my word that it looks fabulous, even without any trim on it.  It will get trim, though, no worries there.  I just need to go through my trim stash and figure out what I want to put on the two ( Read more... )

I'm finally back to working on the natural form dress for the event I can't go to. Hehe. Anyway, I'm trying to decide on what color to do the embroidery on the bodice/corselet. I've narrowed my options down to either a pale blue that matches the blouse and underskirt color, or a contrasting deep red. In the pictures, I've embroidered samples on ( Read more... )

I can knit. Well, sort of. I've started and taken apart the same project about half a dozen times and think I finally have the hang of it now. It does take a whole lot more concentration than crocheting, so I'm not sure I'll do as much of this, maybe just focus on the vintage/historic patterns, at least, once I figure out how to read them. So, ( Read more... )