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 As is the Christmas Open House at the Newland.. AHH!

I've been working with Laughing Moon #103 1890's Waists.

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 I know what my next sheer dress is going to look like 
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 I'm too tired from school, work, and general nonsense to go into great detail. So I'll let the pictures do the talking. Until the end of the semester, I'll really need to give up sewing to get as high a GPA as I can sooo there will be a long silence (if all goes according to plan) here. As if I've been the talkative type...


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 Yesterday I bought a TON of velvet ribbon to trim the cinnamon wool bodice with :) However I have since realized that my curvy design cannot be done with velvet ribbon.

I can't decide between the almost diamond shaped trim (on the seated girl in the 1st photo) or the trim in the second picture.


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 There's a reenactment coming up in 3 weeks(or so), one of the biggest ones and I *REALLY* want to have my cinnamon brown wool dress done by then. I know I want to have a double pointed bodice in the front and I have pretty jet buttons for it already. I just can't decide how I want the sleeves....

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 So far only one picture of all of us has been uploaded. Grr. But! There will be more on actual Halloween :D


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 I was wondering why I sudden became sniffly and sneezy out of nowhere... and then I noticed this


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 I'm excessively pleased with how this project is going to look :) In hindsight I would have switched the types of wools I used (make a gab dress and a flannel cloak) but color was more important to me than being a little chunky in the flannel bodice. Its only noticeable in the back which will mostly be covered by the cloak :)


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Petticoat- Done!
Bodice- Needs hooks and eyes, possibly sleeves, and trim
(I have a picture but I have since re-cut and sewn the fronts since the original darts were very far apart)


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