Emmy has decided her santa baby needs to go to America with me ;)


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some progress pics:


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I tried the 1820s dress on to mark the length of the belt and check it fits now it's finished


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The rouleaux are all sewn on! Now I just have to sew the piped lozenges over the joins and I'll be very happy to wear it as is :)


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Slight change of plan - I'm in the shop tomorrow needing hand sewing so it's time for rouleaux :)


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I finally gave in and started the skirt. Luckily I didn't have to think too hard how to make the base - copy my chess piece dress :) although I did forget to flip the seam to the outside for the hem and had to redo the bottom few inches.


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Here are some photos from a fitting we did last night after we got home from our valentine's weekend in Bath ;)

Regency breeches are so funny!


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Guess what I'm up to now?!


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Doing a pub quiz, and one of the bonus questions was "what year was the first British manned balloon flight?" Thanks to Lunardi hats we won the T shirt :D


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