Next up: Finish sewing the drawers this weekend, order the silk and other fabrics I need, then the underskirt, regular skirt, bodice, train... It goes on and on. Less than four months to finish it though, so I've really got to kick it into gear!
Friday, January 16, 2009
LOTS of pics up!
Hey guys! I know you don't hear much from me on here, but I finally go around to uploading about 250 pictures off my camera up onto Michael's website! There are a bunch from Williamsburg, some of Christmas up in PA with Seth's parents, and some from Dave and Melissa's wedding out in Utah! Then there are a couple of my latest sewing project pics up: the pluderhosen doublet pics, a couple of the green charmeuse skirt I made for the wedding, and the beginnings of my Steampunk Eowyn costume. I just finished the bustle tonight. Total it only took about 15 hours to make. Those ruffles were a killer though. Ugh. And buying the boning for it pre-cut to the appropriate lengths and pre-tipped? Pure Win and well worth the rather high price the patterns from Truly Victorian compared to the regular commercial Big 4 patterns. ($11 pattern + $18 for the pre cut and tipped boning) The entire pattern went together very well and easily. Would have been *easier* if I'd had a ruffler foot instead of doing them all by hand, but ah well. C'est la vie.
Next up: Finish sewing the drawers this weekend, order the silk and other fabrics I need, then the underskirt, regular skirt, bodice, train... It goes on and on. Less than four months to finish it though, so I've really got to kick it into gear!
Next up: Finish sewing the drawers this weekend, order the silk and other fabrics I need, then the underskirt, regular skirt, bodice, train... It goes on and on. Less than four months to finish it though, so I've really got to kick it into gear!
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4 comments:
wow! I am amazed that you have taught yourself how to sew this well. YOU'RE AMAZING! :) and I am do excited for all that talent to go into a prom dress... :P.
Love you lots Marianne!
I just hope your prom dress is better! That bustle is just the underwear! :D
Nice pictures.... and what's all this about Abbey going to a prom? I don't think she's old enough.
And have fun at the Obamarama thing next Tuesday! Is it a federal holiday in DC? With it only a day after the MLK holiday, it's a four day weekend for the feds!
We'll be huddled in the apartment next week waiting for people to just leave the area so they'll actually open up all the roads they're closing again so we can get anywhere. And hoping the place doesn't get blown up.
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