May 26, 2015 22:27
I was sewing my ruffly petticoat panel and was nearly done, just finished removing the gathering threads having sewn the 3 flounces to the panel, when I discovered that I had sewn the last one with the wrong side facing outward. So then I had to rip that flounce off, which would have been annoying but not terrible if I hadn't also managed to put a hole in the panel! ARGH! Luckily it was a small hole that I could mend and in a place where it will mostly be hidden, but still, super annoying. So tomorrow is redoing the work that I had to undo today, re-gathering and re-attaching the flounce. Then putting the flounce on a band and sewing the buttons and buttonholes to attach it to my petticoat.
On the good side of things, I finished up painting the fishscales on my skirt today. Tomorrow I can iron to set the paint and assemble the skirt panels.
1880 petticoat,
1882 little mermaid