checking in

How can it be over a week and be a new month since I last posted?! It's really scary how fast the days are flying by! I feel like I'll blink and suddenly Christmas will be over and I'll be trying to remember to put 2010 on my checks. *sigh*

I haven't been up to much on the sewing front, thanks to real life rearing it's ugly head. I finished the bonnet commission, despite it fighting me every frickin inch of the way. Some projects are just like that. *gives bonnet the evil eye*

sadievale's Pumpkin Tea is next weekend so it's time to turn my attention back to my Regency wardrobe. I finished the eyelets on my corset. Now I'm off to sew on the shoulder straps, give it a quick try-on to make sure the length is good and I can start binding it. Then it's on to the fun stuff. :>

not in the mood for this

My Regency dress is being a butt.

First it was the skirt pattern I couldn't find and now it's the sleeve pattern. It has been 3 years since I used them (I'm making my life simple and using the same patterns as my adored sparkly bee dress & federalist frock) but still... *gives project an evil look* Bad, bad dress!

progress has been made!

Found the sleeve pattern. It was in the folder for the cross-over dress. Yeah, right where it belonged *rolls eyes* Never found the skirt pattern for the simple reason I never made one. Found my notes though and apparently I used two widths of fabric (60" wide) for the top and the skirt lining pieces from the S&S Regency dress for the lining. Easy once I figured it out.

So I've retraced a master pattern. I made enough changes that the extra step was worthwhile - bringing the backup, making the bodice a bit smaller - yay, the sleeve straps a little wider, etc. I also adapted the longer sleeve from my cross-over dress instead of the shorter oringinal incarnation. I just felt like it.

Now all the fashion fabric is cut out and I'm waiting for the lining fabric to finish tumbling around in the dryer. What is more boring than watching paint dry? Waiting for the washer and dryer to finish their cycles so you can cut out a new frock. It will finish about the time I have to leave for church. Of course.