( lining the hood. still.... )

argh! my fabric is in valencia, and it need to be here. kthnx ( Read more... )

i am sooo bad.

60 lacing rings (hey...20 for $1)

4 yards of linen rayon blend in navy blue

2 yards worsted wool, in navy bluenow all i need is a cotton twill for interlining the bodice, and for the underskirt.= joanns gift card (the last of it, probably) and a 40% off coupon. and i will be getting more money on tuesday, so here's to hoping i ( Read more... )

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2-teen. the logic's all there. really, what bastard came up with twelve anyways? smart kid. made me smile ( Read more... )

so i have the back binding and grommets done. they worked out very nicely, and i had JUST enough. the bus fits now, but the waist is still a little big, and if is stretches much i don't know what i will do. the only real place i can take it in now is at the side seam. but it would be SO bulky. i could cut thorough the binding, and rip out the ( Read more... )

the victorian fan i bought:


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well, petticoat no.1 is done. i just need to whip stitch around the bottom of the pocket slits for strength. omg, so.much.hemming. but it's done(YAY!). one more to go. i decided against the 1" twill tape i got, ad settled on the 1/2". so i need more. 4 1/2 yards more. thankfully, i can use my joanns card (once i find it ( Read more... )

so there's some lovely black and grey stripped wool for $6 a yard that i really want. i need 3 yards to make a petticoat, which comes to about $20. unfortunately, shipping is $7. i'm uncomfortable spending that much right now. i hope it will be there next week. it's lasted a week (when i first saw it) and there's still 15 yard left. i could ( Read more... )

made progress on finishing the channels on my elizabethan stays. ten it's time for reeds, 2 more seams, and binding. in semi-related news--cut the 4 missing gores of my regency stays, sewed them in, made channels for stays and busk, sewed all 3 layers together, bound the back edges, put in stays and busk, sewed the bottom binding, made all ( Read more... )

damn it. i bought a white fabric markey pen, ad marked about 1/2 the channels on my stays, and then half of them disappeared over night. thankfully the top ends of them are still there, so i don't have to remeasure, but i do have to re mark. i think i am just going to but the stupid white pencil. grrr...