A wasted day :(
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mlsdesignsSo, I was at work today, then my best friend brought me home and stayed for a cup of tea and a chat. When she left it was time to think about supper. I could have got on with some sewing after, but I'm at a bit of a standstill. Since I'm now making a sacque back I think I really need my panniers before I can cut and start to pleat the backs. These old ones are not a pretty shape!
Don't I look happy!
I thought I couldn't do anything else, but I've just now remembered that I could have mocked up the sleeves! Also I just reread Katherine's post on how she laced her brown wool Anglaise closed under the stomacher, so when I fit the sleeves I'll put my false backs on the fronts of the bodice to test the fit properly, I'm definitely technically challenged when it comes to pinning things straight :)
Once I've done that, then what do I do? I can't make the petticoat for the same reason I can't work on the pleats. Perhaps while I wait for the hoop boning I ordered to arrive I should start work on Clare's and Mummy's outfits? Or maybe I could work on Clare's ballgown for the Valentine's day Regency ball? Pooh, I WANT to make my pretty dress :'( Ooh, I've just thought - once I have a fitted mockup for the sleeves, maybe I could make them up and make the flounces, which will have lots of trim on them, while I wait for the boning. Yes, I know, I'm rambling like a lune! But I won't have much chance to sew tomorrow, we're going our for lunch with my best friend, and I bet we'll be chatting till late in the afternoon! And this weekend I'm supposed to be going to visit another friend up north in Manchester. Knowing me all this angst will be needless because I won't get a chance to sew till after the boning arrives! Sheesh, someone smack me!!
Don't I look happy!
I thought I couldn't do anything else, but I've just now remembered that I could have mocked up the sleeves! Also I just reread Katherine's post on how she laced her brown wool Anglaise closed under the stomacher, so when I fit the sleeves I'll put my false backs on the fronts of the bodice to test the fit properly, I'm definitely technically challenged when it comes to pinning things straight :)
Once I've done that, then what do I do? I can't make the petticoat for the same reason I can't work on the pleats. Perhaps while I wait for the hoop boning I ordered to arrive I should start work on Clare's and Mummy's outfits? Or maybe I could work on Clare's ballgown for the Valentine's day Regency ball? Pooh, I WANT to make my pretty dress :'( Ooh, I've just thought - once I have a fitted mockup for the sleeves, maybe I could make them up and make the flounces, which will have lots of trim on them, while I wait for the boning. Yes, I know, I'm rambling like a lune! But I won't have much chance to sew tomorrow, we're going our for lunch with my best friend, and I bet we'll be chatting till late in the afternoon! And this weekend I'm supposed to be going to visit another friend up north in Manchester. Knowing me all this angst will be needless because I won't get a chance to sew till after the boning arrives! Sheesh, someone smack me!!
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Date: 2010-01-08 01:10 am (UTC)I think you should make the sleeves :)
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Date: 2010-01-08 09:50 am (UTC)An I think I should make the sleeves too :D