Sunday stitch'n'bitch
Jul. 2nd, 2019 09:58 amWhich, as usual, was more bitching than stitching. ;) We originally planned to have a last tea in vintage at our favorite local tea house, which is closing down, but on their last day they were just having an "open house", no reservations for tea. Which was nice, but very crowded so we didn't stay all that long. After that we hopped over to the antique mall next door, as per usual, and had the owner drag out the bags of squished ($5) hats. They're not really getting any new stock in those, I think we may take a break...
And then proceeded to Robin's to talk and plot Edwardian and watch one of the newer adaptations of Anne of Green Gables which was roundly abused by the fans of the Megan Follows version in the audience. *cough* (It actually isn't bad, the one we had on...Robin and I are just very attached to the 1985 one.) And cut out pattern pieces (there was a Truly Victorian order placed) and maybe even a little sewing! Personally I flat-felled a few seams on my new c1900 chemise. I also did cut out my TV pattern pieces when I got home...
After acknowledging that nobody was going to get any more productive things done, and that Robin's in-laws had arrived home with the potential to be annoying (man I hate that dog. In-laws' yap yap dog, not Robin's dog, who is lovely and fluffy and not yippy), we decided to go out to Applebee's for dinner prior to dispersing. Very vintage.

Duckface. Also very vintage.
Big fan of these shoes. Robin made the mistake of sharing them before buying and now three of us own them. You're welcome. ;) And yes, I find them quite comfortable for cheap shoes, although I don't generally have problems with said cheap shoes, so proverbial grain of salt. (Also when I bought mine, the colorway I bought was pink in the picture, but called "silver" in the description. Oh, Amazon sellers, you so funny. Happily they did show up to be pink, not silver...)

We did finally hammer out the day for our Longwood Gardens Edwardian outing (which you'll already know if you're on FB and within invite-able distance): August 11. Which doesn't leave a huge amount of time, but shouldn't really be a problem for the bottom-basic skirt and shirtwaist outfit. And a hat. Gotta make a hat. This is all pretty much so Robin will be able to do some prep work for her P.E.I. trip next summer, for which she needs an entire wardrobe...but I'm perfectly happy to play along as long as I can do that transitional 1898-1901 style!
Musings on what I'm going to make:
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And then proceeded to Robin's to talk and plot Edwardian and watch one of the newer adaptations of Anne of Green Gables which was roundly abused by the fans of the Megan Follows version in the audience. *cough* (It actually isn't bad, the one we had on...Robin and I are just very attached to the 1985 one.) And cut out pattern pieces (there was a Truly Victorian order placed) and maybe even a little sewing! Personally I flat-felled a few seams on my new c1900 chemise. I also did cut out my TV pattern pieces when I got home...
After acknowledging that nobody was going to get any more productive things done, and that Robin's in-laws had arrived home with the potential to be annoying (man I hate that dog. In-laws' yap yap dog, not Robin's dog, who is lovely and fluffy and not yippy), we decided to go out to Applebee's for dinner prior to dispersing. Very vintage.

Duckface. Also very vintage.
Big fan of these shoes. Robin made the mistake of sharing them before buying and now three of us own them. You're welcome. ;) And yes, I find them quite comfortable for cheap shoes, although I don't generally have problems with said cheap shoes, so proverbial grain of salt. (Also when I bought mine, the colorway I bought was pink in the picture, but called "silver" in the description. Oh, Amazon sellers, you so funny. Happily they did show up to be pink, not silver...)

We did finally hammer out the day for our Longwood Gardens Edwardian outing (which you'll already know if you're on FB and within invite-able distance): August 11. Which doesn't leave a huge amount of time, but shouldn't really be a problem for the bottom-basic skirt and shirtwaist outfit. And a hat. Gotta make a hat. This is all pretty much so Robin will be able to do some prep work for her P.E.I. trip next summer, for which she needs an entire wardrobe...but I'm perfectly happy to play along as long as I can do that transitional 1898-1901 style!
Musings on what I'm going to make:
( Read more... )