mad costuming rush!

whew, sorry i've been MIA for so long, i have been following all of your posts, but i've been working so hard i've been too tired to make any posts.
i went to school this afternoon, and after teaching some of the children cooking i got dressed in my bathing dress, (yes it was finished in time!!) to show the school what people wore, 'in olden times'!!
here's proof that it's finished, this was taken on wednesday, before i bought the last button for the belt

i had to change the legs, the bloomers were HUUUUGE! so i shortened them by about 10" and added in a contrast band, more pics to come tomorrow i hope, as long as it's fine you'll get photos with me in them, otherwise they'll be on meg.
you will also get photos of my new dress!!! i finished it in time to wear today! it's a white sheer dress, with white lace trim and pink ribbons. i had totally forgotten that my bonnet is pink when i was buying the ribbon :)
my foot is still bad, and i made it worse yesterday by wearing my shoes to try it all on, so i had bare feet when i was showing the children. with the bathing suit it was perfect, but not so much with the dress :) one of the 6 year olds asked me if 'ladies had bare feet in the olden days?'
so, i'm off to finally get some sleep! i've been staying up till 2 in the morning, 3 hours after my latest normal bed time, just to get it all finished! but i promise a huge pic heavy post tomorrow.