Una poca de gracia
Feb. 21st, 2010 06:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwendolyngreyIt seems like I've done nothing but application stuff recently... for grad schools and summer stock work; and when I DO sew, it's on a veeerrry late gift for somebody which is taking an age to finish.
I haven't put a stitch in a new dress for myself since last June! This, however, is about change.
Quite a few of you are probably familiar with this dress of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rvqavalon's which she made for the annual regency ball last spring. The other night, however, Katie surprised dandytailor and I with a declaration of her dislike for the dress and her plans for getting rid of it. Preferring not to sell in on ebay, Katie was wonderful enough to give it to me along with the extra yard and a half of left-over fabric so that I could make a new dress for Greenfield out of it.
I am, to put it bluntly, thrilled.
Silk taffeta in white and blue windowpane check?! Nothing less than awesome!
The skirt of the original dress is made from three panels of 54" wide fabric, and as such, is a great width for going over my hoop. I'll have to let the hem out a little, but aside from that, making the new skirt'll be really straightforward. I figure the extra yard and a half will be plenty for a bodice and sleeves, and I can use the fabric from the original bodice for trimmings.
I'm planning on making something similar to these:
I love the v-neck style, pagoda sleeves, and ruched trimming, but I haven't quite decided yet whether I want a straight waistline or a pointed bodice... would one be more fashionable than the other?
Also, Katie bought me an early birthday present... a bonnet kit from Timely Tresses! I'll be making the Mildred Augusta bonnet in the early spoon style. So. Excited. I adore all manner of hats, bonnets, and headdresses, and as of yet, I don't even have a single 1860s bonnet! But, thanks to Katie, this calamitous state of affairs will shortly draw to close... I'm quietly gleeful. :D
Also.
Yo no soy marinero.
Bonus points for guessing which song is stuck in my head... ;)
I haven't put a stitch in a new dress for myself since last June! This, however, is about change.
Quite a few of you are probably familiar with this dress of
rvqavalon's which she made for the annual regency ball last spring. The other night, however, Katie surprised dandytailor and I with a declaration of her dislike for the dress and her plans for getting rid of it. Preferring not to sell in on ebay, Katie was wonderful enough to give it to me along with the extra yard and a half of left-over fabric so that I could make a new dress for Greenfield out of it.I am, to put it bluntly, thrilled.
Silk taffeta in white and blue windowpane check?! Nothing less than awesome!
The skirt of the original dress is made from three panels of 54" wide fabric, and as such, is a great width for going over my hoop. I'll have to let the hem out a little, but aside from that, making the new skirt'll be really straightforward. I figure the extra yard and a half will be plenty for a bodice and sleeves, and I can use the fabric from the original bodice for trimmings.
I'm planning on making something similar to these:
I love the v-neck style, pagoda sleeves, and ruched trimming, but I haven't quite decided yet whether I want a straight waistline or a pointed bodice... would one be more fashionable than the other?
Also, Katie bought me an early birthday present... a bonnet kit from Timely Tresses! I'll be making the Mildred Augusta bonnet in the early spoon style. So. Excited. I adore all manner of hats, bonnets, and headdresses, and as of yet, I don't even have a single 1860s bonnet! But, thanks to Katie, this calamitous state of affairs will shortly draw to close... I'm quietly gleeful. :D
Also.
Yo no soy marinero.
Bonus points for guessing which song is stuck in my head... ;)
