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mlsdesigns) wrote2011-01-24 02:07 pm
mlsdesigns) wrote2011-01-24 02:07 pm
Some sewing progress ......
... with PICTURES!!! and actual content! how fantastic :)
My wool dress is now finished! the skirt is on andthe neck frill, all that's left is some kind of fastening for the cuffs, and seeing as I can always pin them, I say it's done! I did take some pics of the fitting for the finished bodice, before the skirt went on, but I look dreadful, so won't be posting them!
Once the dress was out of the way I treated myself to a little bit of millinery therapy :) And you can find the proof
First up, a red velevt beret type hat to go with the new dress:
The 2 fabrics look much better in person! and the gold flower is part of a necklace I pulled apart to trim my mask for the ball in Hampshire.
I only had one small bit of fabric, it wasn't long enough to make my favourite type of hat ( a strip gathered into the crown, nad the other edge gathered on to a small circle for the tip of the crown) I cut the strip in four, then stitched them together to make a big enouugh piece for the circle for the crown.
I decided it was high time I made some bonnets! a tiny scrap of velvet and and rough and ready brim pattern later ;)
Trimmed with a huge brown ostrich feather, and ribbons made from the remains of my gold striped silk from my latest 1860s ballgown.
I think the cream and browns should go with just about anything.
Once these were done I just had time to cut out the pieces for another one! A hat this time:
Brim from a cushion cover, crown from the remains of the sari I used to make Mummy's first Regency ball gown.
I think I will finish off the last hat, then move swiftly on to my new ball gown, which has had a teeny change of plan and I'm now much more excited to make it!!
My wool dress is now finished! the skirt is on andthe neck frill, all that's left is some kind of fastening for the cuffs, and seeing as I can always pin them, I say it's done! I did take some pics of the fitting for the finished bodice, before the skirt went on, but I look dreadful, so won't be posting them!
Once the dress was out of the way I treated myself to a little bit of millinery therapy :) And you can find the proof
First up, a red velevt beret type hat to go with the new dress:
The 2 fabrics look much better in person! and the gold flower is part of a necklace I pulled apart to trim my mask for the ball in Hampshire.
I only had one small bit of fabric, it wasn't long enough to make my favourite type of hat ( a strip gathered into the crown, nad the other edge gathered on to a small circle for the tip of the crown) I cut the strip in four, then stitched them together to make a big enouugh piece for the circle for the crown.
I decided it was high time I made some bonnets! a tiny scrap of velvet and and rough and ready brim pattern later ;)
Trimmed with a huge brown ostrich feather, and ribbons made from the remains of my gold striped silk from my latest 1860s ballgown.
I think the cream and browns should go with just about anything.
Once these were done I just had time to cut out the pieces for another one! A hat this time:
Brim from a cushion cover, crown from the remains of the sari I used to make Mummy's first Regency ball gown.
I think I will finish off the last hat, then move swiftly on to my new ball gown, which has had a teeny change of plan and I'm now much more excited to make it!!