Would that be okay for Bustles in Paris ? The national museums are free. So lots of people, but free ! (BTW, the Louvres would probably be less crowded than Orsay, though timewise we'd fit better in Orsay) I could come on saturday evening, and stay till about 6pm on Sunday, approximately. de_ravenne, how does thiss look with you ? The date, the ( Read more... )

We're back from Paris. And back to work.Well, that's life ( Read more... )

Now I'm tired. I have webbed one magazine, except for the needlework which was only scanned. I have scanned the half of another one.
The dolman ? two seams per hand and then belt & closure.

Not that much, but it's always something.

Look, I can move my arms !

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Should I trim my dolman with a green fake fur collar and green fake fur pompons (at the point of the hood and poitn of the sleeves) ? I don't have wide satin ribbon here, and I'm not sure I'd like big bows anyhow. But my trial pompon turned out quite well. And it would link the dolman with the muff...

I've uploaded all my 365 pics, but I'm too lazy to post each of them with a subtitle here. I'll just spare you the blabla and give you the link to the whole page.


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Here's yet another confirmation that I am deeply masochistic :
I love Ageless Patterns.

I've currently fighting with this one. It's a puzzle in itself (though only one number is wrong, and you can easily guess which one it is). And silly me decided it'd look better baglined ( Read more... )

The cat threw up on my wool.
At least now the underskirt fabric will have been prewashed...
The sleeves look a bit better, I'll check that later...

(I was on some Wii drugs yesterday and counted 3 days instead of two, bummer ( Read more... )

I'm not snobing you folks, it's just the whole Christmas thing actually. There's much to do at work, which I actually monstruously enjoy, but when I come home I'm drained. And then there's still the whole baking, decorating, making gifts that eats a large amount of my spare time. Which means I haven't sewn a stitch in one week ( Read more... )