petticoats & lists

[jennylafleur]

Thank you all so much for you kind compliments on my hat yesterday. *blushes* I'm so glad you all like it too! :>

I managed to mark another thing off my list yesterday as well - I fixed my petticoat last night. I had originally made the top of the ruffle about 1" high but I found that a combination of the heavy linen and nasty Virginia humidity caused it to droop and look distinctly blah. So I closed the gap a bit, making the top more like 5/8" tall. I also covered the machine stitching with 3/8" black grosgrain ribbon. Sewing on the ribbon by hand was a heck of a lot easier than sewing the whole ruffle on by hand. :> I wish I could have found a matching brown ribbon instead of black but no such luck. If I ever do find some I can always replace it. Tacking on ribbon is nice mindless work that I don't mind doing again...

Well I'm off to shower, make a quick trip to the post office (elizabethsdress - you can be expecting an e-mail on that later. :>) and then home again for more sewing. I have several projects to work on but I think I will start with the polonaise tapes. That should be interesting.


The List

finish petticoat
add polonaise tapes to red stripe
cut, sew and attach sleeve flounces
hem neckerchief

try on old shift to see if it will work
shop for Williamsburg picnic
sing at church (Wednesday)
cook dinner (Thursday)
finish current baby quilt
pack stuff for Williamsburg



Ummm... I'm forgetting something - what is it? *think, think, think*

Comments

[misscrabtree.livejournal.com]

Ohhh excellent :)