Getting there

My hand hasn't been as bad as I feared! The only trouble is I've not had much time to try it out :( I have nearly finished my gala dress though! This is an old pic of the bodice front:

it's one section of the antique lace, the rest is now an overskirt. The underdress is a goldy browny greeny satin and the overdress is this greeny grey chiffon. It's not elaborate or fancy at all and kind of looks a bit frumpy actually, but wheni showed it to my dancing friends they said "ooh, is that an original?!" so I must have done something right ;) I do think I'm going to be the boring country cousin of our little group though :(
Next on the cutting table is my riding habit. It is going to happen if it kills me!!!!!!!!!

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1820s again!

Slight change of plan - I'm in the shop tomorrow needing hand sewing so it's time for rouleaux :)

I'm going to do the rouleaux for tomorrow but not worry about the fan thingies till later, I think it'll still look nice without them?

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