The promised pictures
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mlsdesignsI finally have time to post some pics from the ball! This week has been stupidly busy, and next week is only going to be worse :(
The pictures are
Mummy's dress has a temporary black fur collar, but it will have a black lace and ruched taffeta bertha .... eventually!
I got the inspiration for my dress re-trim from a skating waistcoat in the Manchester Costume collection ( I can't find the link now, seem to have lost it :( it's an icy blue, sleeveless bodice, all edges trimmed with swansdown) I'm still trying to come up with a new trim idea, I want something gorgeously froofy like my blue ballgown in the icon!
And look! I made them do a shoe shot!! Hooray!! I do wish all my costuming peeps could have been in it too :( You were there in spirit!
Work is manic as we try to get the yr10 play up and running. They're doing 'The Christmas Carol', and each kid has an average of 4 roles, with quick changes thrown in for good measure, so the costuming is being a huge PITA. Then there's the set and props! Ugh, I hate it! I've been in school nearly every day this week (instead of the one half day I'm supposed to do this term!) and next week will be the same, but with longer days because of the performances.
The weekends are just as busy, we have a Sufragette march tomorrow night, choclate making Sunday morning, and a school rehearsal on Sunday evening, then next weekend there's a performance on the Saturday night, and then on Sunday, our first demo ( the important one!) during the day, then going down south as soon as that's finished to catch a ferry to France.
Somewhere in there I have to fit in making Christmas presents as well! I did make something for Clare the other day, and will hopefully be making many, many chocolates this weekend, but I have sewing I want to do, no idea when I'll fit it in :(
Talking of sewing, the demos this year are Scottish in theme, so, as you know, I decided to make a new dress. I finally had time to cut it out this morning! I did it while I was recovering from the dentist, before going to school at lunch time, then once I got home from work, I put the bodice together, and one sleeve is pinned in ready to sew. Also this week I managed to make a skirt to go with the cycling outfit I made at Uni, to wear while Sufragetting. Somehow I think there won't be a new paletot happening this year!
I am sooooo tried!
The pictures are
Mummy's dress has a temporary black fur collar, but it will have a black lace and ruched taffeta bertha .... eventually!
I got the inspiration for my dress re-trim from a skating waistcoat in the Manchester Costume collection ( I can't find the link now, seem to have lost it :( it's an icy blue, sleeveless bodice, all edges trimmed with swansdown) I'm still trying to come up with a new trim idea, I want something gorgeously froofy like my blue ballgown in the icon!
And look! I made them do a shoe shot!! Hooray!! I do wish all my costuming peeps could have been in it too :( You were there in spirit!
Work is manic as we try to get the yr10 play up and running. They're doing 'The Christmas Carol', and each kid has an average of 4 roles, with quick changes thrown in for good measure, so the costuming is being a huge PITA. Then there's the set and props! Ugh, I hate it! I've been in school nearly every day this week (instead of the one half day I'm supposed to do this term!) and next week will be the same, but with longer days because of the performances.
The weekends are just as busy, we have a Sufragette march tomorrow night, choclate making Sunday morning, and a school rehearsal on Sunday evening, then next weekend there's a performance on the Saturday night, and then on Sunday, our first demo ( the important one!) during the day, then going down south as soon as that's finished to catch a ferry to France.
Somewhere in there I have to fit in making Christmas presents as well! I did make something for Clare the other day, and will hopefully be making many, many chocolates this weekend, but I have sewing I want to do, no idea when I'll fit it in :(
Talking of sewing, the demos this year are Scottish in theme, so, as you know, I decided to make a new dress. I finally had time to cut it out this morning! I did it while I was recovering from the dentist, before going to school at lunch time, then once I got home from work, I put the bodice together, and one sleeve is pinned in ready to sew. Also this week I managed to make a skirt to go with the cycling outfit I made at Uni, to wear while Sufragetting. Somehow I think there won't be a new paletot happening this year!
I am sooooo tried!
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Date: 2010-11-26 11:43 pm (UTC)my goodness, you are going to be quite busy! hang in there, and have fun!
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Date: 2010-11-29 08:36 pm (UTC)The shoes were the luckiest find! They're from Clark's, a big shoe shop over here in the UK, they're just modern fashion shoes, not period reproductions at all! The criss cross straps are elastic!
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