Reading Week Recap
Short version: it was mostly blah.
Long version: All flights were delayed in and out of Toronto because of weather, so I spent about half of my birthday stressed out in airports and on planes. I'm now 30! Things got better once I got home because I was home. Had dim sum with the family for birthday celebrating. Then, that evening, went out to a pub for my birthday with friends and had many drinks and danced up a storm. There was a Beatles cover band playing, which was fun. Also had a birthday dinner with my boyfriend's family because they like to celebrate birthdays.
My boyfriend got me a book on Little House destinations and is promising a road trip to some of them this summer when we drive down to the Twin Cities and Duluth to attend the Tall Ships (which he also got me tickets for). ashamanja_babu!!!
For the rest of the week I had an annoying cold and was struggling with all of my homework and teaching assistant work and trying to see people. It was exhausting and stressful, which made me kind of sad. But it was still good to see family and the friends that I managed to see.
Costume-y stuff: I got my American Duchess Dunmores in a new smaller size and they fit almost perfectly! (I got a too big size for Christmas.) The only problem is that they are slightly too big around the opening. I'm hoping that it will be a bit tighter once I put in the buckle. And I can wear socks in them, so that's a plus.
I also got chocolatepot's book, Regency Women's Dress. Haven't had a chance to really go through it yet, but it will be coming in handy when I finally get around to Regency stuff for my living history group.
Speaking of living history, I managed to make it to the Annual General Meeting because it took place while I was back, with an accompanying sewing afternoon. I got some work done on my 1890s corset cover. Sewed on the buttons and cut down and whipstitched one side's darts. I finished the other side's darts the other day. So now all that's left on that is to finish one armhole and to hem the bottom.
So I'm totally late on the second HSM challenge, but I'm planning on getting my 1895 skirt done this month which will count for challenge #2 (tucks, pleats) because it has pleats at the CB waist. And the corset cover will be for challenge #3 (protection), because corset covers protect something, right? Like your clothes, or your corset, or something. Anyways, they are good for extra warmth, thus protecting you from cold. ;p
Pictures: Corset cover (so plain, not very exciting, but almost done!)
Bias neck facing, felled seams, handsewn buttonholes
Darts, trimmed and whipstitched
Long version: All flights were delayed in and out of Toronto because of weather, so I spent about half of my birthday stressed out in airports and on planes. I'm now 30! Things got better once I got home because I was home. Had dim sum with the family for birthday celebrating. Then, that evening, went out to a pub for my birthday with friends and had many drinks and danced up a storm. There was a Beatles cover band playing, which was fun. Also had a birthday dinner with my boyfriend's family because they like to celebrate birthdays.
My boyfriend got me a book on Little House destinations and is promising a road trip to some of them this summer when we drive down to the Twin Cities and Duluth to attend the Tall Ships (which he also got me tickets for). ashamanja_babu!!!
For the rest of the week I had an annoying cold and was struggling with all of my homework and teaching assistant work and trying to see people. It was exhausting and stressful, which made me kind of sad. But it was still good to see family and the friends that I managed to see.
Costume-y stuff: I got my American Duchess Dunmores in a new smaller size and they fit almost perfectly! (I got a too big size for Christmas.) The only problem is that they are slightly too big around the opening. I'm hoping that it will be a bit tighter once I put in the buckle. And I can wear socks in them, so that's a plus.
I also got chocolatepot's book, Regency Women's Dress. Haven't had a chance to really go through it yet, but it will be coming in handy when I finally get around to Regency stuff for my living history group.
Speaking of living history, I managed to make it to the Annual General Meeting because it took place while I was back, with an accompanying sewing afternoon. I got some work done on my 1890s corset cover. Sewed on the buttons and cut down and whipstitched one side's darts. I finished the other side's darts the other day. So now all that's left on that is to finish one armhole and to hem the bottom.
So I'm totally late on the second HSM challenge, but I'm planning on getting my 1895 skirt done this month which will count for challenge #2 (tucks, pleats) because it has pleats at the CB waist. And the corset cover will be for challenge #3 (protection), because corset covers protect something, right? Like your clothes, or your corset, or something. Anyways, they are good for extra warmth, thus protecting you from cold. ;p
Pictures: Corset cover (so plain, not very exciting, but almost done!)
Bias neck facing, felled seams, handsewn buttonholes
Darts, trimmed and whipstitched