I feel like I'm never able to get much done on weeknights. Last night, I finished the (inner) muff, which involved stuffing it, sewing big ugly quilting lines on it to keep the stuffing in place, and sewing the ends together in a very awkward manner. I've made a muff before, but the process was nothing like this. Honestly, although it makes a nice ( Read more... )

I decided to start on the muff instead of sewing on the marabou last night because I wasn't in the mood for handsewing. Of course, as it turns out, much of the muff was handsewing, too, since I had to handsew all the pocket pieces to the muff. Alas. But tonight will definitely involve marabou, because at this point, I think I basically just have to ( Read more... )

I signed up to be one of the pattern testers for the new Laughing Moon 18th c cloaks/capes/muff pattern, and since it needed to be done within three weeks, I figured I might as well do it yesterday. I cut out all the pieces for View C around 12:30pm (adding three inches to the length of the very short back), and had finished everything except ( Read more... )

I made a mid-Victorian mantle today. Other than the tassel for the hood, 11" of fur trim provided by theladysarah, and a new spool of thread, it was an entirely stash-sourced project. It is made of ivory wool, and lined with black silk habotai (both left over from last year's riding habit), which I quilted with some random batting I found in my stash. The ( Read more... )