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Almost done
I just have the hooks and eyes to sew onto the waistband and then the Gala gown can be officially done! So here are some very badly lit pictures I took the other day when I was trying it on to find out where I needed to put the hooks and eyes. I was lazy so I'm not wearing any petticoats. Also, please forgive the wrinkles on the silk skirt (which ( Read more... ) -
Slowly getting things accomplished
The overskirt is now attached to the belt, along with the sash ends and the big bow. Next up, basting it to the bodice and adding closures. Then I'll be done ( Read more... ) -
1871 ballgown, with pictures!
I forgot that I had pictures. I took another picture and now here they are. The finished bodice, with closures:
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Lalala
Sitting around wearing my just-finished ballgown bodice! :) I don't feel like doing anything today, but I got motivated enough to sew the 3 buttons on this thing. I think I'll do a load of laundry and lie on the couch. Maybe I'll nap. Whatever. Lazy day today! Also, Wonder Woman this evening! Yay ( Read more... ) -
SO relieved
Yay! I passed my exam! Now I can take a week off of enforced reading before I have to start getting ready for the next one. The oral exam part was challenging and there were definitely some questions that I could have answered better, but overall it went pretty well. So glad that's over. I came home and took a nap. I have a pork roast smoking on ( Read more... ) -
Life and sewing
Got through the written portion of my exam on Friday. I think it went alright. I don't think I had brilliant answers, but I do think they were good enough to get the pass. (It's a pass/fail exam.) I was dead tired afterwards. Getting up 2 hours earlier than normal and writing a 4-hour exam is exhausting. I was able to join in on the tail end of a ( Read more... ) -
Life stuff
The 4-hour written part of my big exam is tomorrow. Looking forward to getting that done. I've done a couple of practice essay questions and sent the answers to my advisor who said that I was doing just fine. (It's a pass/fail exam, so I don't need to be fantastic or anything, just good enough. :p) The 1-hour oral part of the exam is on Monday, ( Read more... ) -
May
This month has been almost a complete wash in terms of sewing. I've been reading pretty much all the time that I'm not eating, sleeping, or out of the house. However, my exam is this Friday, so I will finally get some sewing time after that (well, after the follow-up oral exam on Monday). Things I am going to do the week after I finish this exam ( ( Read more... ) -
Living History
Today was our big educational annual event where we set up stations and school groups come and learn about how things were done c.1815. We have a lot of people in the group who have farms. This means that today I showed up and there were:- 2 ducks
- 3 chickens, one of which was about 5 weeks old
- a big, furry 5 month old puppy, named Roy! (half Great ( Read more... )
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Pleating
Got all my neckline trim pleated and pinned. Whew! That took a long time, but I'm quite pleased with how it's looking. It's a tube of taffeta ironed flat with the lace sewn on one side and a line of stitching to fake a tiny hem on the other side. I was going to ruche the thing, but it ended up being a bit too stiff so I went with pleats instead, ( Read more... )