i have fings to show!

[mlsdesigns]

i got my sew-jo back!!
today at the primary school i volunteer at they were telling the little ones about the victorians, mostly about their sea bathing. i told them about my dresses, and i'm going in in a fortnight to do a little show and tell :) this means i have to make some drawers, at long last, so..... here they are!!
pretty!

they have tucks and lace and everything :)

i also have photos of emmy's hat a doll and shoeses


the shoes are a bit hard to see on the white sox, but they're sooo cute :)

i'm also going to make a bathing dress! i've always wanted to, but never had a good reason, so now i do, here i go!! i'm going into town tomorrow, so i'll look for pretty wool, red or blue, or maybe white :) if i don't find any it's not meant to be i guess. but i'm going to make the striped sheer dress any way!!! YAY!

Comments

[princess-philo.livejournal.com]

Ooo, Victorian bathing dresses are so cute! I can't wait to see what you come up with.

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

aren't they? only trouble is i can't decide on a sleeve length?
you will all be the first to know what i come up with!

[girliegirl32786.livejournal.com]

So very cute! I love the tucks on the drawers!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

thank you! i'm very pleased with them, i've never bothered before, and now i think i need to put tucks in my chemise, i made it long to cover my modesty without drawers, but now...!

[koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com]

Very cute!

I love Victorian bathing dresses. I have one in blue linen. I found a few references to linen bathing costume, so when I could only found the color I wanted in linen, I decided to go with it. Can't wait to see yours :)

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

thank you!
ah, very good to know, i'd seen the references to linen, but from my experience it's a total PITA, and creases soooo badly, but if it worked out for you it's worth remembering as a backup :)

[koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com]

Fortunately the linen I made the suit with was a fairly cooperative one. It was nice to have a backup though, because I just wasn't finding wool, and really, since I had to get it online I wasn't in the mood to find the right type of wool. Here's a picture of me with a few others in our suits at Costume Con two years ago. It was fun :)

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

ooo, thank you, all all look great, you must have had loads of fun, all dressed up together :)

[my-stitching.livejournal.com]

Everyone looks so cute! I am absolutely in love with the green polkadots!

[jennil.livejournal.com]

Cute, cute, cute!!! Well done you! :)

Yay bathing dresses! I need one for me, and also one for Samantha. ;)

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

thank you! i really feel so proud of myself, after not sewing in aaaages, now i'm back in the swing of things, when work allows :(
and you totally have to make sam a bathing dress!!! she'd look so cute!!