Feeling a Little Like Summer

  

Work still kind of sucked today, but my afternoon actually felt like a normal summer day.  I ran some errands as soon as I got home, and then went out to my studio.  I know it doesn’t sound like much, but it felt good to feel like I’m getting something done other than work.

The first thing I had to do in my studio was hem K’s pants.  He’s been waiting for over a month, so it was well overdue.

Then, I turned my attention to my anglaise.  Now that I have my petticoats back, the sillouette is looking really good.  I still have issues with the petticoat hem, but Bridget came up with a plan for that, which we’ll be able to execute when I go see her tomorrow–we are going to adjust from the waist.  I’m still thinking I might need to shorten the petticoats as well, but that will be a bit easier as I can adjust those at the hem.  At any rate, I didn’t work on the skirt at all today, since I want to wait until tomorrow to try everything on together.

Now that I think of it, I really only accomplished one thing on this outfit today: I removed the lace that I had sewn to the overgown.  Bridget pointed out that lace was mostly white, ivory, or black–not navy blue–during this era.  Good point.  So, I’m switching lace.  Unfortunately, the lace I was planning on using just doesn’t look right at the neckline.  So, I spent about an hour futzing with different trim combinations without finding anything I like so far.

After giving up on the trim, I cut down the back of my corset.  I need to remember that about this pattern the next time I make it up–the back is at least an inch too high, and the shoulder straps could be a bit narrower at the back as well (as in making the neckline wider).  I had removed the binding just enough to do this easily, only to discover that the binding is not long enough anymore.  Grrr.  So, I’ll need to remove the rest of the binding, cut some more, and do the neckline.

Now, I’m off to do some crochet.

July 6, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Costuming

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