A "bonjour" video of the pet en l'air:

... And a 360° of the new stays:

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We have sewing progress! The back of the pet en l'air is pleated and stitched down to the lining. I made up a second toile so I could work on the front tweaking. Looking pretty good so I started on the sleeves. I have one pinned in but have reached my curfew. I've learned not to do anything involving a sewing machine after 11pm, it's never a pretty ( Read more... )

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So totally belated but...

Happy Birthday girliegirl32786!!!!

In more happy news *drum roll* - the binding is done!! Just four more eyelets and the stays are done!

It was a crazy day yesterday so I didn't get much done on the stays but I did work on them (in between church services since I had to hang out to do the announcements and just before bed to wind down). The join of The Mistake (TM) is now covered in binding and one third of the top is done. I have another busy day today but I'm going to try and take ( Read more... )

I finished the bottom binding of the stays today - yay! I also pieced under the arm where I cut it wrong. Some binding to cover up the join and no one will ever know my mistake - another yay ( Read more... )

Another day, yet another headache. *sigh* I hate spring, all the funky weather changes is what brings them on. I had a reprieve yesterday, which was lovely though. Anyway I decided to give up the pretence of being productive or doing something useful with my day and spent my Thursday napping, mending and working on my stays ( Read more... )

Another day, another headache so I stumbled through yesterday doing quiet work. Actually got quite a bit done in the real-life world of site updating, paperwork and such. Even folded my laundry ( Read more... )