progress on green stuff
When we last left our heroine...
I didn't sew as much as I really ought to have done this weekend, but I did sew something! A bit! Friday I finished sewing the chartreuse bodice together (the effort at seam piping being no more tragic than usual), and cleverly thought to cut out the pieces for the ballgown bodice, so
I could bring them to the Indian King Tavern on Saturday and baste the lining and silk pieces together. I'm just using the pattern from the satin ballgown bodice, no mockup or anything...if it ain't broke, don't fix it, right? Not exactly 18th century, but it was the most easily transportable thing that I actually need sewn...and nobody would have known the difference if I hadn't told them!
So Saturday I spent the afternoon at the IKT, luring people in to see the presentation on something-or-other slash open house. Attempting to, anyway. (Also hiding from the new volunteer who would literally not stop talking longer than it took to draw breath. Very nice elderly gentleman, very interested in and knowledgeable about 18thc history, very, VERY loquacious. Lordy.) I obviously still haven't finished my new stays, so I wore the only thing I can without stays: the fugly bedgown. Also forgot my straw hat and got a wee bit toasty in the direct sun! Still, fabulous fall weather, I got all my bodice pieces basted, and I did get to chat with one visitor who wanted to know all about what I was wearing. WELL LET ME TELL YOU. (Started out with the underwear question. The underwear question is a great lead-in. Everybody wants to know about underwear.)
And as an aside - I do still have a perfectly functional, if very old, pair of 1780s stays...but the waist is higher and the bust is wider and somehow the shoulder fit is a little different? So I can't comfortably wear my 1770s dresses over those stays, not if I want to look nice and neat, so it was bedgown or bust. Look, I'm vain, I want to look put together, not rumply and ill-fitting in costume, thank you!
Today was the total opposite of yesterday in terms of weather - gloomy and rainy and chilly, so I took a very long time, puttering around and trying to gear myself up to sew, drinking All of The Tea, and chatting with the girls online. I also actually made myself clean up my 18thc bits from yesterday and put them away in their proper homes. Sewing room still looks like a crime scene, but....baby steps. Managed to finish the neckline of the chartreuse bodice (more horrible piping) and sew on all the (stupid) hooks and bars for the closures.
Which means I have to fit the darts tomorrow. Ew. Unless I do a really awesome avoidance tactic and start sewing the ballgown bodice instead. But my black organza came in yesterday, so I have everything I need for this dinner bodice, and the idea of actually finishing something is pretty alluring. I loathe fitting darts though, so...we'll see! I'll sew something tomorrow though!
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I didn't sew as much as I really ought to have done this weekend, but I did sew something! A bit! Friday I finished sewing the chartreuse bodice together (the effort at seam piping being no more tragic than usual), and cleverly thought to cut out the pieces for the ballgown bodice, so
I could bring them to the Indian King Tavern on Saturday and baste the lining and silk pieces together. I'm just using the pattern from the satin ballgown bodice, no mockup or anything...if it ain't broke, don't fix it, right? Not exactly 18th century, but it was the most easily transportable thing that I actually need sewn...and nobody would have known the difference if I hadn't told them!
So Saturday I spent the afternoon at the IKT, luring people in to see the presentation on something-or-other slash open house. Attempting to, anyway. (Also hiding from the new volunteer who would literally not stop talking longer than it took to draw breath. Very nice elderly gentleman, very interested in and knowledgeable about 18thc history, very, VERY loquacious. Lordy.) I obviously still haven't finished my new stays, so I wore the only thing I can without stays: the fugly bedgown. Also forgot my straw hat and got a wee bit toasty in the direct sun! Still, fabulous fall weather, I got all my bodice pieces basted, and I did get to chat with one visitor who wanted to know all about what I was wearing. WELL LET ME TELL YOU. (Started out with the underwear question. The underwear question is a great lead-in. Everybody wants to know about underwear.)
And as an aside - I do still have a perfectly functional, if very old, pair of 1780s stays...but the waist is higher and the bust is wider and somehow the shoulder fit is a little different? So I can't comfortably wear my 1770s dresses over those stays, not if I want to look nice and neat, so it was bedgown or bust. Look, I'm vain, I want to look put together, not rumply and ill-fitting in costume, thank you!
Today was the total opposite of yesterday in terms of weather - gloomy and rainy and chilly, so I took a very long time, puttering around and trying to gear myself up to sew, drinking All of The Tea, and chatting with the girls online. I also actually made myself clean up my 18thc bits from yesterday and put them away in their proper homes. Sewing room still looks like a crime scene, but....baby steps. Managed to finish the neckline of the chartreuse bodice (more horrible piping) and sew on all the (stupid) hooks and bars for the closures.
Which means I have to fit the darts tomorrow. Ew. Unless I do a really awesome avoidance tactic and start sewing the ballgown bodice instead. But my black organza came in yesterday, so I have everything I need for this dinner bodice, and the idea of actually finishing something is pretty alluring. I loathe fitting darts though, so...we'll see! I'll sew something tomorrow though!
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