Five of them ! Only five more to go ! Yay !

I'm sooooo tired... and I could have been in bed much earlier, given how clouded the sky turned in the last half hour *grump* Good side ? That gave me an excuse to stay up, and thus, I got my underskirt done ! Hem and closures included, yay !

Must not think about empire ball gown. Other projects first. Not enough info about empire ball. Must not ( Read more... )

I *am* making progress. I really am. It just does not show... *sigh*
I think it's time for a list of what remains to be done, to convince me that I WILL get it done on time.
( Hidden because it's mainly for my own use )

The overskirt is done ! Technically, it still needs a hook and a bar at the waist, but that will wait till I try everything on to check the waist measurement. Lots of handsewing, that was - only two seams were done by machine. Which means yes, I have my machine back and according to the repairman it's old and tired. I just hope she lasts me some ( Read more... )

Dear, LJ suddenly turned PINK with little hearts... I hope it's not contagious...
Anyway, I came here to report that we have achieved a successfull underskirt mockup. Remind me please why I bothered with a pattern for my first underskirt attempt ? I merely kept the back of said first attempt, put it on Karinga over my bustle and petticoat, draped ( Read more... )

Just finished reading the Half-Blood Prince - what the hell is *that* for an ending ?!? I want to know what happens next ! I have enough of George R.R. Martin (A Game of Thrones), Robin Hobb (Farseer Trilogy and its sequels) and Glenn Cook (Black Company) in cliffhanger matters ! Not Harry Potter too ! Tssss.... well, as I was orginally saying : I' ( Read more... )

I picked up my package... it's the litterary supplement of La Mode Illustrée. Still a kind of nice reading, and it was cheap but... well Maybe I'll be more lucky some other time. I keep looking for other bound editions of LMI on eBay, but they all get up really high in the last minute (or like, the last 5 seconds). Maybe I'll just buy some separate ( Read more... )

The hat has been successfully mocked up ! Yay ! It's a bit different from the inspiration image, because though I love the shape, I can't exactly picture myself with such a big thing on the head. I have some pictures to show, but not of the finished mock-up, because my camera's battery died when the HG was snapping a final picture. And then the ( Read more... )

But I still consider myself productive as it's almost done and my original planning didn't include both machiens acting up. I wish you all a good night and will proceed to catch up on the sleep I didn't get last night because thinking about my sewing machine kept me awake...

No matter how much I sew, I don't seem to make any progress ! This feeling of not moving any further is frustrating, even though I DO get a little something accomplished every day - just too little a little. Sadly, I can't do anythign against the fact that I don't have enough time, staying a bit late at work and with a few medical apointments ( Read more... )