It's just not quite big enough. ;)

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I finished up my bustle pad last night. I spent a good chunk of time ripping up random scraps of cotton and linen fabric to stuff the two pouches with, but there wasn't nearly enough. It gave me a good feeling of being economical though. To get a good shape I used some regular old poly batting because it was sitting around in the house. I made the ( Read more... )

So, stays may take me forever, but looks like I can make some progress on a bustle pad. I'm hoping this will be like a 2-3 day project. (I'm sure it's actually more of a couple hours worth of project, but I'm slow sometimes.) Today I made a pattern and cut out the pieces. My pattern consists of two 11 x 12 inch squares and two 8 x 9.5 inch squares ( Read more... )

I have a couple of fabrics in the wash to pre-shrink them, notably a quilting print and white cotton drill (for my Margaery bodice). The quilting print is for a bustle pad for the HSF Paisley and Plaid Challenge. It is brown and multicoloured with wide stripes that have a floral stripe running in them and little paisleys in the skinny stripes. I'm ( Read more... )

Ok, so things are busy now. Three of my good friends are getting married (a wedding every 2 weeks from Aug. 23 - Sept. 21) and I am in two of the weddings. This means planning out and executing showers and bachelorette parties and 2 of those are this weekend. I have also been commissioned to make the bouquets for the weddings I am in. Plus, I will ( Read more... )

Well, this is my second time failing at making the HSF deadline. Life is just too busy right now trying to balance work, research, exercise, and time with friends/family/boyfriend. I try to squeak in some sewing time, but it only manages to happen a couple times a week. However, I don't feel like beating myself up about it because I really have to ( Read more... )