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I ordered wool batting for the quilted wrapper for Gettysburg...that counts as sewing progress, right? I am totally counting it as sewing progress.

pocket hoops

Yes, I realize I don't need pocket hoops with the dress I'm wearing to the FD...but I was cleaning up my sewing room the other day (because it's been so cold the past couple months in the sewing room that the water in the iron froze...so I've just been dashing in and out and throwing costume bits everywhere), and came across my pair of almost-finished pocket hoops. They've been sitting on top of a bin for approximately a year, oooooops. All they needed was boning, but I couldn't locate my wire cutters at the time. This time around I decided to use the reed leftover from my farthingale, so didn't need to worry about wire cutters!

They're just made of green midweight linen with white cotton tape for casings, and are the same pattern as my Very Ugly first pair of hoops (from Corsets & Crinolines)...but much sturdier than that pair! For hoops, thick reed > single wimpy cable ties. Goodbye, ugly pocket hoops!

And I don't remember if the pattern originally had that lower tie, but I find that they travel backwards without it, especially if I don't have anything heavy in them. (Like an entire lunch.)

Yes, I promise to get back to the striped 1780s now! Literally now! Before I go to bed!