The machine sewing on the Lanvin dress is done. Next up, placket, snaps, and a hook at the waist, seam binding, necklace and armscye binding, and piping the waist.

I was going to do the skirt and then the placket from bodice to skirt, then read the reprint pattern and it has you do the bodice placket, pipe the waist, then add the skirt. That will be much easier than beading with the skirt attached!

I haven't patterned the skirt yet, but it's just a rectangle with an overlap.

Our neighbor put a collar on Tom. He was fine with it. Today I got him a name tag with our phone numbers in case he heads back for the streets. He hasn't been too interested in the door though, so hopefully he's good.

Poppy and Sid seem ok with him. Last night's fireworks (what's there even though celebrate?) really freaked them all out though.

I think his trial period is over. Welcome home, Tom!

Everything is awful with everything that's happening.

Errands today, but done.

At least I went to a local doughnut shop and got good cheese danish and jelly doughnuts. I don't like cheese danish, but my teacher friend told me to try one and it was amazing. I think they use their croissant dough for the pastry, and the cheese is more tart than sweet. So good...

They were out of croissants, it's a popular place and I didn't get there until ten...

We had a massive out of nowhere windstorm today. Power poles, light poles, trees down everywhere. 70 mile per hour winds. So crazy!

I didn't feel like working on the gala dress today, but I just cast on the second sleeve on the Vista sweater I started two and a half years ago.

It was Medha's last full day, and it was full. We went to the Diana exhibit (ok), Museum of Illusions (amazing!), ate good things, and went downtown, which was 100 times more disgusting than I remembered it, so we left right away. My poor mom working there for 42 years!

I'm completely not into music. Medha loves concerts. We're at a New Kids on the Block concert 😂

I think the pattern is done. I even drew in the line for the contrast at the neck. Of course, I drew multiple lines even though I thought I liked the pinned line I started with, so good luck probably Monday me figuring that out.

Medha, a college friend, is coming here tomorrow, so, sewing won't happen!