Well my sash is done only leaveing the eyes down the front to go....been putting that off...way to long.Cant wait to start new project.Undecided as of yet.Common sence tells me "do your dress for Zoar," but I dont want to do another ballgown so soon,I hate that simplicty ballgown pattern with a pashion.Maby i'll do my daydress for Zoar,what i realy ( Read more... )

Verry short post ,as I have to work is evening.Been sewing on the dress [well the sash]cut it out and sewed it [by hand] last night was up till like 3am.All needs to be done now is the eyes on the bodice front[yuck I hate ordinary sewing like hooks and eyes that sort of thing] and to trim the sash...even my trim has trim...ha ha.i always think I'm ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is the 1st..leaveing me 16 days till the ball ! What am I doing sitting here posting! I should be sewing. Truthfuly most of it's done. I need eyes on the bodice[hooks are already sewn down] And I need to start the sash and bow.I did go back and get 5 more yards of that black fabric.I had to get a new starter in my car yesterday.After it ( Read more... )

So...after spending a big chunk of my day working on the ball gown.I have hopefully got its problems worked out. I have alot of the trim on it. Still need to trim the skirt, The cat wont let me type..She keeps hitting my hand.So hello to all out there from MissAnna. I have decided to do a big bow in front at the waist.I found this great black satin ( Read more... )

My ballgown hates me. Berthas are evil.And sleeve caps suck turtle toes. Must remind my self next time I use my simplicty ball gown pattern that the bodice in a size 6.is huge.while the armholes are to small for a punny 4 year old.I tried the bodice on tonight/without/my chemsie even and the arm holes are to tight.now anyone who has seen me can ( Read more... )

The weather is realy bad here today.Like freezing rain, and now snow over it. I know there are Angels because  one must have been riding with me tonight,on my way home from work . Right about dusk ,passing the graveyard,on a brick road that was a sheet of  ice. A car came up behind me,giong WAY to fast for the road conditions. I saw his headilghts ( Read more... )

Well the sleeping kitten will be waking from it's nap soon. Vacation is over wed.( just )

It's been awhile since I posted.Just been working on my ball gown which is structurally finnished...BUT...the weight of the skirt is so heavy It causes my hoop to collapse! This is not a good thing! I'm working on ideas to brace up the hoop.It once had 1 more steel then it does now,but most of my dresses wouldn't fit over it. so I took it out[ ( Read more... )

Yep .the kitten says it all. And thats just about what I did today slept and sewed and watched more videos.It rained cat's and dog's here all day.So except for trip to the libary[a 2 block walk]to exchange some tapes for diffrent ones thats all I did.Maby by the time I have to go back ot work on the 17th I'll have got caught up on all the movies I' ( Read more... )

I love vacation! I get to oversleep. Walk in the park. And SEW! And watch movies! And SEW! And watch movies! And SEW! I've done all of that today. Slept late,got up worked on my ballgown bodice. Went for a walk in the park. came home, sat down and watched "The Afair Of The Neckless"[very good] while gathering the bottom ruffell for the ballgown ( Read more... )