A little bit of not a lot

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Didn't get much done at all over the weekend, and I had work on Monday, but today I went into town to get top-stitching thread and matching ribbon for my new 1860s corset. I found a pretty pink and a blue, don't know which I'll decide on :) I also got some silk duchess satin, from the market of all places! I looked at the polly stuff and decided I'd rather just use coutil, even if its not as pretty, when he said 'I have a remnant of silk if you want, how much do you need though, there's only a little bit left'. There was 90cm left on the bolt, and he sold it to me for £9, bloody amazing price over here!! So now my new corset will be lovely and pretty :) I also wanted to get a heavy duty open-ended zip for fittings, and found a nice purple one! So after I got back I looked for the pattern for my old corset. It was no where to be found :'( So I spent AGES taking a pattern off my corset, then I cut the patterns up to add about 2" into the length between waist and underbust. My posture has changed so much that the bust gussets sit way bellow my bust once it's settled onto my hips. I also think I'll need to make the gussets a bit smaller and take some out of the hips, even before the gallstones it was a bit big in these areas, even more so now of course!!!
But then I got eaten by the TV so couldn't cut out my mockup, but instead of just sitting in front off the TV like a lump, I started hemming the skirt of my red challis, so I have done SOME useful stuff today :)
Mummy got me some disposable piping bags today, and some new nozzles, so now all I want to do tomorrow is bake cupcakes so I can decorate them all sillily :D