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Fall is delightful. Also, a party.
I was off work today, and since the weather was so perfect (in my not-so-humble opinion), I went for a wander in the woods instead of staying in and devoting my whole day to sewing. Or laundry. Or cleaning. Yes, we do have woods in South Jersey! A very small wood. Apparently full of screaming children today (right, it's the weekend), but still lovely. The trees haven't quite started to turn yet, but I saw turtles, evidence of a beaver, about a thousand squirrels, and scared the hell out of a deer.
(My mother and sister went down the shore for the weekend, but 1/ I had a Party to go to, and 2/ I obviously much prefer greenery to salt and sand!)
Oh, right, the Party. Robin's Birthday Party. Most of the pictures I took were of people's backs (WAY exciting), but it was a beautiful day, a wonderful and well-attended party, and a most excellent location - Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.
(I got lost trying to find the party once I got to the cemetery, of course, and got rescued by the caretaker. "Are ye lookin' for the thirtieth birthday party?" HOW DID YOU KNOW.)
Aren't we pretty? I wore my old dress, and this is the very last time, because I exploded a button trying to put it on because I am apparently too fat for it now wtf. It's still wearable, but not really comfortable. So whenever we have another warm-weather Victorian event, I need to make that natural form dress!
Robin finished her gorgeous blue dress for the occasion - doesn't she look wonderful?
We're super-patriotic together!
Butts! Hee.
It's a perfectly situated place - you can't even tell you're in the middle of the city!
And the place was chock-full of (weeping) angels...
And this picture of Julia makes me giggle...
Photobucket album (http://s851.photobucket.com/user/wood242424/library/Events%202013/Robins%2030th)
And I did get some sewing done today after all the tromping through the woods - the collar's all sewn on to the spencer, and as such I deemed it ready for photo documentation.
(Lightened so you can kind of see the collar.)
And the inside, which I had to document because of the piecing of two different linens from the scrap bin. Very Exciting.
And now I need to put on the dress to make sure the front edges match up exactly before I sew them...but I'd rather brainstorm upcoming costume events with my friends right now!
(My mother and sister went down the shore for the weekend, but 1/ I had a Party to go to, and 2/ I obviously much prefer greenery to salt and sand!)
Oh, right, the Party. Robin's Birthday Party. Most of the pictures I took were of people's backs (WAY exciting), but it was a beautiful day, a wonderful and well-attended party, and a most excellent location - Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.
(I got lost trying to find the party once I got to the cemetery, of course, and got rescued by the caretaker. "Are ye lookin' for the thirtieth birthday party?" HOW DID YOU KNOW.)
Aren't we pretty? I wore my old dress, and this is the very last time, because I exploded a button trying to put it on because I am apparently too fat for it now wtf. It's still wearable, but not really comfortable. So whenever we have another warm-weather Victorian event, I need to make that natural form dress!
Robin finished her gorgeous blue dress for the occasion - doesn't she look wonderful?
We're super-patriotic together!
Butts! Hee.
It's a perfectly situated place - you can't even tell you're in the middle of the city!
And the place was chock-full of (weeping) angels...
And this picture of Julia makes me giggle...
Photobucket album (http://s851.photobucket.com/user/wood242424/library/Events%202013/Robins%2030th)
And I did get some sewing done today after all the tromping through the woods - the collar's all sewn on to the spencer, and as such I deemed it ready for photo documentation.
(Lightened so you can kind of see the collar.)
And the inside, which I had to document because of the piecing of two different linens from the scrap bin. Very Exciting.
And now I need to put on the dress to make sure the front edges match up exactly before I sew them...but I'd rather brainstorm upcoming costume events with my friends right now!
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