Thanksgiving break and plotting
Nov. 25th, 2007 09:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mandie_rwWell, here I am, back at school. Break, as always, wasn't long enough. :P Not enough time to get any real sewing done, though I did re-do a brown linen *coughblendcough* 18thc petticoat, re-hemming by hand and putting proper ties on the waist.
Speaking of the 18thc, I was very very bad over break, and bought some of
As if I didn't have fabric for at least two, maybe three other possible 18thc gowns lurking in the fabric stash. Ah well, what can I say? I've promised myself that I won't make any more major fabric purchases this year. And when I say this year, I mean winter break and summer break too, at least until after Bastille Day in July, which is what I'm planning on wearing this gown to. Bastille Day...now, that involves many wicked plans that I shall not bore you with...yet.
Speaking of the 18thc, I was very very bad over break, and bought some of
this block-print cotton:
from ebay, from heritagetrading. I watched Marie Antoinette one night over break, and it just set me off..."I NEED a sack back gown NOW!!!" Preferably in a happy cotton print. Of course, it's going to take two weeks to ship, and I have to wait until after the semester's over, so I actually have time to sew, so it's not exactly now. As if I didn't have fabric for at least two, maybe three other possible 18thc gowns lurking in the fabric stash. Ah well, what can I say? I've promised myself that I won't make any more major fabric purchases this year. And when I say this year, I mean winter break and summer break too, at least until after Bastille Day in July, which is what I'm planning on wearing this gown to. Bastille Day...now, that involves many wicked plans that I shall not bore you with...yet.
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Date: 2007-11-28 06:38 pm (UTC)I'll just have to wait until exams are over and then I'll get cracking!
And you better start too! ;)
Have you ever made one before? I haven't, so I wonder what will happen. Just ahve to wait until I start sewing!
Bye!
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Date: 2007-11-28 07:32 pm (UTC)I've never made a sack-back before, so this should be interesting! My draping/drafting skillz have improved, though, and I'm planning to use Nancy Bradfield's Costume in Detail as a guide (fabulous book). And if I've been very good, I'll get Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion 1 for Christmas, which will also be Very Helpful. :)