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[mandie_rw]

Now that we're done with that 1920s distraction, let's get back to business. (Although Robin pointed out to me that The Dumpiest Dress looks like a Wenesday Addams dress, which made me like it a lot more. Did I need a Halloween costume??)

I haven't forgotten about my Lost Hope dress, but the weather forecast has the temperature below 90 later in the week, so I'm going to wait a few more days to brave the sewing room of Hades. In the meantime...

I dragged out my cane-boned stays today, the ones I broke; replaced the snapped reeds and reinforced them with another line of cane. In channels I hand-sewed to the back of the interlining, which was about as much fun as it sounds. I was debating whether to cut my losses with these and just make another pair of plastic-boned ones, but decided I'm stubborn, dammit! But I'm going to wear them around the house for a week on my down time, before binding them, and if they break again we are done. So far, so good.

And all this because I really want to be able to fit my bird dress over 1770s stays. Bird dress, you say? Behold, burds:

Well, you see, I really wanted a chintz with a white background, but I also did not want to pay $12+ per yard for it, and this was easily the most 18thc of the prints I could find in my price range. Except it had birds on it. Hmm. Never seen birds on an 18thc chintz. Hmmmm. The Google came up with a grand total of one example that looked legit (two, if you count the same print in two colorways as two), and despite it looking more upholstered than apparel-ed, I cheerfully bought it anyway.

(See, burd! All systems go!)

Shhh, I'm not a reenactor, I don't care. :D

And it's only 28" wide, which is both more period and more annoying, as I now need four panels in my petticoat rather than two or two-and-a-half. I also started sewing those together today.

Comments

[blackcat452.livejournal.com]

Pretty, what kind of dress are you making?

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I originally planned on a polonaise, but now with the hand of the fabric (kind of limp) I'm thinking polonaise jacket instead. I should decide before I finish the petticoat, haha...

[danabren.livejournal.com]

In channels I hand-sewed to the back of the interlining, which was about as much fun as it sounds.

Preach it, sister.

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Man, that SUCKED. I might as well have hand-sewed the entire thing from the beginning at this point...grumble grumble.

[m-of-disguise.livejournal.com]

I hate it when pretty fabric is expensive! There's a blue and white reproduction chintz that I've had my eye on for years, but it's $30/YD. If I'm not totally broke by my birthday, I may buy it for myself as a present, but good lord, that's a chunk of change.

You will totally rock the bird dress. And take that one extant and run with it! If there was one there had to be more, right?

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Somehow it especially grates on me when it's a cotton! Silk or wool at 30+/yd is still scary price-range, but when it's a cotton, it's just, like, OUCH.

If there was one there had to be more, right? That's my story and I'm sticking to it! :D